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Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

alex_ncfc — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:22:07 GMT

I'm not sure if I am using it right, but I use the default Samsung Gallery app on my S23 phone to manage and view my photos. I wanted to try and move a load of them to a new custom album I created by using the "new album" button. I moved the photos, but when looking at my storage in the Files app, it seems to have just copied them instead, so I still have the original photo files in the DCIM/Camera folder as well as the new album folder I created.

Surely this isn't normal behaviour for the move function - what am I missing?

Thanks

Re: Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

keith30 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:55:57 GMT

No, it just copies what you originally had in the camera roll, once you move them it creates a copy as well as the original.

Re: Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

Tourbillon De La Vie — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:56:13 GMT

If you use move to album it will move it. It still shows in recent. To check click on the phone and it the top right corner on 3 dots and select detail

Re: Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

Moiramon — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:51:07 GMT

I usually create a folder with the files app. Put one picture in it so it shows in the gallery app. Then move photos into it.

Re: Re: Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

alex_ncfc — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:00:22 GMT

But there are options for both copy to album and move to album - surely it defeats the purpose if they both do the same thing? 🤷

Re: Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

Members_xsnHCvY — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:03:08 GMT

Why Samsung don t reply !!!