Saving edited photos

[Owain1]

When editing photos, it always saves as a copy. Is there a way to stop this as it takes up memory on my phone. I dont want to keep the originals just the edited photos, or at least have the choice. Is there a way to change this in settings. I'm new to Samsung after always having an iPhone where it was easier to navigate 

[Misschatterteeth]

Wow thank you SO much. I seen the revert button but figured it was only valid while making edits! Duh!

[Members_mufGmBV]

I si wish they would return to auto save. Or, at the very least, give you an option to auto save...or not. Option auo savebeing the key words.

[yankeegirl2727]

That's what that's for!!  Thank you!! I guess reverting then screenshotting the original pic will have to do the trick.

Thank you!!

[Members_26pdbOR]

Well THAT'S CHANGED. I've just got a new Samsung Galaxy A52s, running Android 11, and Gallery's [SAVE] button now OVERWRITES the original image you are editing. 

In order to Save a Copy, you need to click on the 3 vertical dots menu and click "Save as Copy". 

Your phone will keep a temporary copy of the edited picture, but only for a very short period. This allows you to REVERT to the original image within a short timeframe by clicking on [REVERT], which displays for as long as reversion is available. 

It's actually pain in the posterior for those of us who are used to the old system. The a Fail Dangerous 👎 instead of the more sensible old Fail Safe. I wouldn't mind if there was an option to choose between Overwrite/New Image.

Rick  

[Members_26pdbOR]

Me too. I had hoped it might be a feature in Gallery's hidden "Labs" menu. It's not. 

This is yet another example of appalling software design where they bring in an update that has a dangerous potential for loss of data. What are Samsung playing at?! 🤬

Rick