Photos: deletes duplicate without permission

[chawke]

It seems when I delete a photo from within Google Photos, any and all duplicates of the photo with different names are also deleted. For example, if I upload a photo to Drive, rename it there to make the filename more intelligible for when it is shared on various mediums, and then download the renamed photo, Google Photos apparently ties this renamed copy to the original, and assumes I want to remove the original when I remove the renamed copy after it is shared. A current inconvenient workaround requires deletion from within Files instead of Photos, and doesn't seem consistent (photos downloaded to the device from Drive that don't have an original in Photos seem to simply be trashed on the device after I delete from within Files, but remain on the Cloud, necessitating deletion of .trashed files from within Photos). If anyone knows of a more convenient fix to this issue please let me know. Meanwhile I reported the issue to Google.

 

[B. Diddy]

When you delete the photo, are you using the Google Photos app to do it? If so, make sure you don't use the Delete option at the lower right (with the garbage can icon). Instead, tap the menu button at the upper right, then the Delete From Device option. That will preserve the copy you have in your Google Photos in the cloud.

 

[chawke]

When you delete the photo, are you using the Google Photos app to do it? If so, make sure you don't use the Delete option at the lower right (with the garbage can icon). Instead, tap the menu button at the upper right, then the Delete From Device option. That will preserve the copy you have in your Google Photos in the cloud.

Whenever I delete a photo I want to delete it from both the device and Cloud, unless I'm urgently short on space on either end which isn't the case here.

 

[B. Diddy]

Ok, in the future, I suggest creating a duplicate copy of the photo first, and then renaming and downloading that duplicate. (You can create a duplicate by using the Edit option in Google Photos and making any slight change -- when you Save, make sure to Save As Copy.) Then when you delete that copy, it won't affect the original.

 

[mustang7757]

It seems when I delete a photo from within Google Photos, any and all duplicates of the photo with different names are also deleted. For example, if I upload a photo to Drive, rename it there to make the filename more intelligible for when it is shared on various mediums, and then download the renamed photo, Google Photos apparently ties this renamed copy to the original, and assumes I want to remove the original when I remove the renamed copy after it is shared. A current inconvenient workaround requires deletion from within Files instead of Photos, and doesn't seem consistent (photos downloaded to the device from Drive that don't have an original in Photos seem to simply be trashed on the device after I delete from within Files, but remain on the Cloud, necessitating deletion of .trashed files from within Photos). If anyone knows of a more convenient fix to this issue please let me know. Meanwhile I reported the issue to Google.

Which device?