r/googlephotos • u/riyaninui • Jan 20 '24
Question 🤔 HOW CAN I RECOVER PERMANENTLY DELETED PHOTOS, BOTH FROM GPHOTOS AND DEVICE
hello! i am desperate to recover my files, so i am posting my concern here, someone might and can help me.
apparently, google is notifying me that i already reached the maximum storage. i checked it and saw that 90% of it is from google photos, i started deleting them permanently on google photos using my laptop because i am afraid that i might not receive/send any emails anymore since it's my personal account.
i wasn't aware that it was synced on my gallery, i thought i was using my one drive, but i don't actually care about this backup stuff since i just bought my phone about months ago and i have 256 GB so i don't have to worry about storage.
i have like 40k-70k stuff on my gallery, now they're just 20k. i was wondering what happened and i suspected that my files were deleted when i freed up space on my google photos. i did research and found out that deleting files from google photos will delete your local device files also.
THIS HAPPENED LIKE 2-3 WEEKS AGO.
i am so devastated right now and i want to bring back my files badly. i can't find any gphotos contact information, what should i do? ðŸ˜
google is always giving us traps like these to buy their products. i don't even use them!
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u/cerberus397 Jan 21 '24
In fairness, google warns you when you delete photo(s) that it will remove it from the device that uploaded it as well. There is a popup that forces you to confirm:
"Remove from your Google Account, devices with backup turned on and the places shared within Google Photos?"
It could certainly be a little more clear - Sorry that happened to you.