Moving photos from main camera album seems to duplicate files?

[alex_ncfc]

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

[keith30]

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.

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

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

[Moiramon]

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.

[alex_ncfc]

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? 🤷