S23 'Recent' Folder question.

[Gryphon]

Hi,
I have a new S23 phone, in the Gallery, a folder has appeared called 'Recent' it must have been created when phone was activated. I had to factory reset phone within a couple of days and now this folder has over 6000 photos. Scrolling through there are lots of duplicates.

I have plugged phone into my PC to locate the folder there to try and delete a lot of duplicates there. I can't find the folder anywhere, i have opened every folder. Any ideas where it could be hiding.

Worse case i just delete the folder but i'd rather just trim the folder down a bit

 

[SpookDroid]

Where are you seeing this folder? If it's on the Gallery app, most likely it's not an actual folder but just a 'view' (where all your recent media shows up, regardless of where they're actually stored).

For a new/restored phone, this would probably show all you just-downloaded media as it is, for the phone, recent. This should start to 'clean up' as you use the device.

 

[Gryphon]

Yes, it is in the Gallery app.

 

[SpookDroid]

Most likely this isn't a true/duplicated folder. You can confirm this by tapping on any picture there, tapping the three-dot menu button below, and selecting Details. There, under the date, you'll see the actual save path for that image.

 

[Gryphon]

will this extra folder be taking up storage space. Most photos originate in other folders.

Will deleting this folder or the contents in it delete from their original folders.

 

[B. Diddy]

Did you already try what SpookDroid suggested above? What's the actual save path for the image file? SpookDroid is saying that the Recents is not a physical folder, and therefore would not be taking up extra space.

 

[Gryphon]

Did you already try what SpookDroid suggested above? What's the actual save path for the image file? SpookDroid is saying that the Recents is not a physical folder, and therefore would not be taking up extra space.

Yes the sample photos i opened were all in other folders

 

[B. Diddy]

Yes the sample photos i opened were all in other folders

Right, so they're not taking up extra space, since Recents isn't a duplicate folder.

 

[mustang7757]

[Moved this to the s23 Forum]

 

[Gryphon]

Thanks for the replies guys.