How to Delete Photos Permanently from Google Photos (step by step Guide)

Google photos is a popular storage and sharing app that allow users to store photos and videos on the cloud. Google photos offers us free storage upto 15GB which we can further expanded. Now their comes a time when we want to delete photos from Google photos permanently. This could be due to various reasons such as to free up some storage, to get ride of unwanted photos or what else the motivation is. Here in this article we will go through the steps to delete to photos from Google photos permanently.

Google Photos is great platform to store photos and videos which can be accessed from anywhere in the world, only you need to be connected with the internet. Their might be a time when we want to delete the photos from Google photos permanently due to various reasons such as to get ride of unused and old photos, freeing up some space to store new photos. But once we delete a photo from google photos it is not permanently deleted, The will be stored in the trash folder where it can be stored for maximum of 60 Days. After that the photos will be automatically deleted permanently but if you want to delete the photos from Google Photos instantly here is the step by step How-to guide for you.

How To Delete Photos Permanently From Google Photos

1.Open the Google photos app on your smartphone.

2.Open the photo which you want to delete permanently or you can also select the multiple photos by drag and draw.

3.Once you are done with selecting of photos click on the delete icon at the bottom of the screen.

4.When you click on the delete icon the photos or photo will move to trash folder.

5.To delete the photos permanently you need to go Trash folder, Click on the library option at the below right corner.

6.When the library opens click on the Trash folder at the top of the screen.

7.Once you are in the Trash folder select the photos you want to delete permanently then click on the delete option at the below left corner.

8.When you click on the delete option a delete permanently option will appear click on it and your photos are deleted permanently.

It should be noted that deleting photos from Google photos will not delete them from device gallery. You need to delete them separately on both places.

Deleting photos permanently from google photos is simple process, However you should be aware that photos will be deleted permanently only after 60 days from the trash folder if you don't delete them manually. I hope you have understood this well if so do share with your friends and follow us on google news for latest updates.

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