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How can I move a picture to a separate album & delete it from recent?

Posted on Feb 24, 2023 06:19 PM

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Kurtosis12

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Posted on Feb 24, 2023 06:23 PM

You can't

Photos in albums are not the actual photo but a shortcut to the actual photo that resides in the Recents folder.

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Kurtosis12

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Feb 24, 2023 06:23 PM in response to OhtheQuestions

You can't

Photos in albums are not the actual photo but a shortcut to the actual photo that resides in the Recents folder.

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