You have your reasons as to why a picture or video needs to be deleted. We don't judge, and we probably shouldn't know everything you snap and record in life. But we can help you throw away things you don't want anymore. Google Photos is a brilliant cloud storage solution for pictures and videos, but you may not know that deleting them isn't quite as seamless. There's an extra step involved if you really want to avoid a specific picture or video from appearing again.
Today we're helping you permanently delete pictures and videos from Google Photos.
1. Open Google Photos, or download the app from the Play Store if you don't already have it. The app should automatically give you a grid of pictures and videos on your device.
2. Look at the pictures and videos in the grid. Is there anything you want to get rid of? Long-press the first one, and then just tap each one thereafter. Google Photos will highlight the selected content. Once you've selected which pictures and videos are no longer wanted, you can hit the trash can icon at the top right of the app. It'll move the selected items to the trash; however, they're not completely gone just yet.
3. Swipe from the left side to expose the slideout menu. Choose Trash.
4. Now you're seeing everything you've deleted (or though you deleted) from Google Photos in the last 60 days. Because you may have regrets, Google doesn't immediately dispose of pictures and videos that were originally intended to be disposed. So you have the opportunity to either perform last-minute reversals or delete permanently. And you can choose to get rid of everything at once rather than picking out specific items. For those of you who want to go scorched earth mode, just hit the dropdown icon at the top right and choose “Empty trash.” Continue reading if you're not ready to let go of everything right now.
5. If you want to get rid of just one item at a time or at least pick and choose, you can long-press the first one and tap each thereafter. It's the same style as Step 2. The difference, though, is that this trash can icon makes things permanent. After you hit it, Google Photos will display a confirmation message. Hit “Delete” and the content is gone forever.
If you have any questions about Google Photos, just let us know in the comments section.
Are the picasa photos transferable to another device? Similar to how files are transferred from an old phone to a new one?
Does not bring up the photos in Picasa. I have photos in Picasa I want deleted and some I want to save to google photos.
Hi,
I am unable to delete photos from google drive ?
Please help me to sort out..
How do you delete Picassa items? Picassa says they are not Picassa and need to be handled through Google photos.
Someone deleted all my photos on my device,what can I do?
When you say “Long Press” exactly what does that mean?
press and hold
I deleted photos this way from my phone, yet they still appeared when using my computer… Did the same thing on there, too, but not sure if they’ll end up popping up again.
Totally baffled about google photos. I take and edit/save tons of wonderful photos. I put them in google albums.
But if I delete from the phone or the laptop via google photos, it’s deleted everywhere. Obv I don’t want things on my
phone forever. Cant the albums I made remain and delete my phone photos other than just gallery deletion? Thx.
If I delete all photos from google chrome, it will not be on my cell phone anymore?
So when I go and try to delete my photos it says that I have to give access to Google photos so I give access to my sd but than says Google photos doesn’t have access to my sd card
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I keep getting these cartoon stupid pictures coming on my phone the file says nothing but numbers on it pictures I’ve not took pictures I do not want I’ve got to go in there every day off and on all day deleting them and they still come back what do I turn off what do I get rid of to get them completely off my LG phone they’re going to my photo then to my camera then to my gallery driving me crazy
someone help me here, I went on the google photo app, and went to my hangouts albums and deleted ALL the photos. Then I went to my phone, and they are ALL still there, and the sync is turned off. I checked back on the PC and the pictures aren’t there, so I don’t understand how to get them off my phone gallery, it doesn’t give me the option to delete the hangout gallery photos.
Rather than deleting all the back up photos on my Samsung, what if I only want to remove from the phone those older than 2 years old? The “free up space” function only allows to delete all the photos that have been back up. William
I really really need to delete some photos from picasa on my Galaxy 5 phone!!! Please walk me through this. I’m challenged when it comes to all this stuff. Please HELP !
Ok I’m getting really irritated. I know how to permanently delete photos from my picasa but what I want to know is how to disable it. I want Picasa to stop saving my photos. That’s what Verizon cloud is there. Everytime I take a screenshot or a simple pic, it goes straight to picasa but I don’t want that so how do I did that?
I don’t want images in my mobile . So I backed up my images from my mobile to google photos and deleted my device copy , also from trash and also turned off the show google drive photos in mobile .but still I’m able to see images even though I turned off the sync too . Please help me.
Same problem with me , I don’t know what to do ease help
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it says i am using 15.98 of my 16 GB. I feel like screaming. i have taken off web albums/google from my iphone. i have uninstalled picasa from my hard drive. i have uninstalled google+ autoback up and i have uninstalled absolutely everything i could find to uninstall. my pictures should be completely gone from google, right?! how can they still have them? what more can i do? i have restarted more than once, after uninstalling everything, and i still am told my photos are taking up all my space! i am paying apple for extra storage. i DO not want google to have anything to do with my pictures. i removed everything from picasa to flikr. so why isn’t all that space freed up now?! i am SO frustrated and cannot imagine anything left to do. i dread the thought of closing my whole gmail account, and never using chrome as a browser on my computer again, but it is looking like i’m going to be forced into just that.
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I deleted 17g of photos to clear up storage space on my google account AND I emptied the trash. 2 days later google still claims I have the same storage overage!! This is so irritating because they have frozen my email account, which I need because I’m self-employed. Please help!
i don’t see any answers to your question. it’s the same one i have. so i guess we will get no help here. don’t know where else to go.
everyone: if you have the gallery app, that is not google photos. google photos is cloud based, the gallery app is a skinned AOSP app
google photos probably didn’t come with your phone if it came with kitkat or lower
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I have Samsung Galaxy NOTE4. When I click on Application – https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/83c300b5c46c27434197ec9ad326b8e13eb25c37ab3c406d1fd8ac503fc2adff.png on Manager, and then on Gallery, I get a Gallery window Version 1.0.60 (see attached screenshot). That window does not look at all like the photo in your posting. My Gallery window does not have the ‘Clear Data’ option.
Any suggestions?
that’s not google photos.
i had deleted some albums at picasa itself, how come deleted albums are there at my gallery when they are
no longer there at my picasa?
I don’t understand this. I have Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Under Google in my settings there is no listing for Google photos or Picasa or web albums or anything like it. Good Photos appears as a separate Google app and is nowhere listed in settings. I have had Picasa for many years and haven’t removed it from my computer because it has features Google Photos does not seem to have, like facial recognition, collage making, etc. I also don’t want to lose the organization I’ve already put into my thousands of photos. I’d like to get rid of the extraneous applications anywhere I can, but have the above concerns. Note: My photos do all seem to be in Google Photos, sync’d to the web apparently automatically from my hard drive, no doubt at some point when I must have given permission for this when the original switch was made. At the time, I had no idea Picasa was being phased out. Hence I’m in this dilemma of having apparent duplicate systems. Appreciate any advice from anyone who’s successfully made it through this issue. Thanks.
This above method to transfer SAamsung Galzay 5Note photos to Picas on PC DOESN’T WORK. Where do I go now?
I have galaxy mega 5.8 Gt19152 run 4.2.2 of android version. When I go to setting and choose google account i can’t see the checked box on the right as in the illustrate above. I cleaned data of Gallery app in setting and it delete the photo from picasa web but when i have new reminder in calendar i would sync to my gmail to sync to my other phone so i have turn on the sync and the pic of picasa show up again. So any idea to fix this ? Thank you in advance
Brilliant, I had two of every photo, made me crazy. This worked like a charm!
Thank you, you help me a lot , i’ve been figure out about how to delete those stupid google backups photos from my gallery for a couple hours and now problem solved
Woow thank you so much finally I made it.
Would clearing the data get rid of my downloaded pictures too?
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Thanks
Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you. This was driving me nuts.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini and when I select Google in the accounts the Sync photos and the others that you have on the screenshots don’t appear to me and I don’t know what to do
same here. Hoping for guidance for later models of phones and Android OS.
Great tips. God bless you.
I use Samsung J3 6 and i can’t find google as subheader nor picasa web to uncheck either
That doesn’t work for a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Tablet.
Hello there Thawardas
Your information is very helpful.
To be honest, it is the only piece on the web which could solve my problem.
Thanks a Billion!
I have this particular problem even after changing phone. Will try this now, thanks!
Thank you. Im searching for this step over a years. Thanks again!
Thank you. Im searching for this step over a years. Thanks again!
I don’t see gallery in application manager
You can first try this. Go to the playstore and download a app called ‘Tool for Google photo Picasa’ it’s free and it allowed me to delete my unwanted pics that my phone wouldn’t that I sent through Hangouts.
After I do this will they be deleted forever?
damn this helped me so much.
I don’t have an Android. I work on a desktop and can’t delete photos from an album. It has a delete button, I can highlight all the photos but they won’t come off. I don’t care about a phone app or trying to navigate them on my phone.
This was not helpful at all. I still can’t delete my back up photos from my Samsung Galaxy S4. I guess I’m going to have to do a factory data reset! I’ve spent all week trying to delete pictures off of my phone after transferring them to my computer via microsd. Nothing works!
I can tell you a factory data reset does not work. I suggest that you download an app called ‘Tool for Google photo Picasa and that will guide you.
thanks buddy you made my day
If you only don’t want to see it alls you have to do is click the side button that displays options in gallery and it says content to display and then it gives you options, picasa being one of them you can unchecked to display.
Big help. Thank you!
THANK YOU!11!!11!!1
If you try to delete them via Google Internet it will delete all your pics from your phone!!! So don’t do that. back up your pics and do a factory data reset if you have to start over like me.
Thank you so much! I had been pulling my hair out as had even deleted my google+ account but my new device was still showing a photo in picasa I had been trying to delete. It was driving me mad!!!!!
Same here
Once I have completed these steps will I still have my OWN PRIVATE access to my photos on my gallery and Google drive. I don’t want some of my scanned documents and photos public.Any info is greatly appreciated.
yes you will.. just not on the phone
I do not have a gallery in my applications manager to clear data from. I have an s4..
go to all apps i just clear it from my s4
That worked for me! None ofnthe other suggestions worked because I couldn’t find the Gallery under Application Manager. Found after reading your info, Lester. Thank you!
I don’t have picasa gallery in my samsung s4 zoom. Also picture deleted keep coming back!
After deleted still keep coming back!
Thank you so much the instructions were clear and easy to execute.
Thanks, it works.
I’ts okay, I have gallery, sorry.
I’ve tried it, the photos still appear in auto backup
gallery doesn’t appear on my list under application manager
Thank you so much this worked perfectly. I signed into my google account to set up my daughters phone and to set parental controls and all of my google backup downloaded. This worked great to remove the pictures.
I’m not able to delete any of the pics in my picasa album. When I click delete and then select the photos I want to delete, it says unsupported file. I haven’t tried sharing some of the ones I want to keep to my dropbox, but I just want some of them gone forever. Any suggestions? I’ve got a samsung galaxy s5.
how to remove photographs from google+ image, which were shared earlier and are still visible to all, though i have deleted my google plus account
I am a little late to the party but I tried his process but ended up with Auto Backup Album. This may have happened prior to the change because I have been having a few problems lately. I have a replacement for my S3 which was hacked a couple weeks ago; lost so pics, text messages and all contacts. I was locked out of my phone and had to have techs to a hard reset, apparently he could not retrieve contacts from folder. I get alerts every time I try to backup on this new phone that an IP in Houston, TX has tried to access my phone. Anyone know what that’s all about, I’ve gotten no help from Google?
“clear data.” will it delete all pictures on the phone & memory card?
No. Nothing gets deleted, you are simply clearing the application’s cache and app data
Thanks! It really help!
helped me
I’m really scared about doing this because I have tons of pictures that aren’t Picasa and I don’t want to lose them. Are you sure I won’t lose all of my pictures that aren’t Picasa?
I tried this and I didn’t lose my other photos
thank you so much i had embarrassing photos and couldn’t delete them
I guess.I should say this is less than month old phone samsung galaxy avant (??) V 4. 4.2 don’t really know what I have… manes numbers. I know it’s working worse then a dollar general topup. Inlm frustrated with all the duplicate programs. Ex: 4 contact lists, 3 texts lists, 4 different miscrophones, Knox stuff??? All kind of wifi nirroring, beaming filrs, 2 calanders, 2 calculatores, 4 possible emails? My contacts list is a mess since switchiver, I mean there’s over 20000+ files and god forbid I delete any cause samsung get me, galaxy get me and google will of the ones I know on phone. All the programs have triplicate in size if not nore. I’ve added external sd. Have 18 gb to work on phone and stulill ram is swamped 800 gb to 399 gb for it to process. I’d like to play a game, do something fyn. Instead I’m in learning mode always trying to figure out how to get rid of the garbage. Oh it tells me I’m rootr, then I’m not I could go on. I’ve sent emails to all involved to give me answer, so far none. Is there anyway to make this a fun phone. I dont qork, no business stuff. I’m a stay at home that wants to have fun with my phone. Heck I can’t hear it ring a ft away. That’s 1st on pet peeve list. I’ve normal hearing but I can’t hear alarn, nots. Or phone calls. Forget when someone talks to me on speaker phone I have to turn phone around so the speaker is by my ear. Just doesn’t seem right for modem,smartcard fancy pace phone. Done sorry I went on so long.
I’m asking about the black folder of pictures that Picasso went on its own and did I don’t know what. I have over 1000 pictures that are black now. I’m angry at google+ for not saying permently photos would be gone till after. So nothing on my phone is mine. It’s google. And that really upsets me. i want my photos back. I want to get em printed. I promise I will never do anything with google anything because of this ness. Any ideas how to get them back?
I don’t want to just hide photos but Delete from Picasa PLEASE HELP me..
this did help just not the delete from Picasa. . Everything always was ending up on every device I linked my Google account too.. some VERY PRIVATE..
Thank you! This worked perfectly.I had to go to “all” in my application settings rather than “downloaded” to find my gallery, but still found it and the pics are deleted. Thanks.
Mine was u Der “all applications ” because I didn’t download it.. it was pre-installed
I, also, was fooled for a while, looking under Downloaded apps.
In case anyone still misses it: Select the “All”, then you find the Gallery.
The thing that sticks in my throat is that so very many people have the same issue. Why doesn’t Google make it more clear and easier, in fact why don’t they tell us what’s going to happen if we let the default happen, or better yet, have no default, and explain it very clearly at the front end. Likewise Picassa.
I had my S2 since they first came out and take a lot of pictures. I had a heck of a lot of albums. Comes my last gripe, bet some of you have this, too: Picassa only lets you delete albums one at a time, no matter how many you find out you have…
Thanks. It worked.
My husband who thinks that we are the richest ppl on earth told me-no, demanded that I call tmob and order either a picture card or a new phone, I just wanna thank you from the bottom of my for helping lil ol me fix and repair my own phone my own self. At my age I dont profess to know everything, but I sure as heck know how to ask. Thank you again.
Thanx alot finaly i delet it
This didn’t give me the answer I was looking for. All it did was tell me how to save my Picasa albums on my google+. That’s not what I’m interested in. I’m interested in figuring out how to DELETE certain pics from my google+/picasa albums & tablet PERMANENTLY. I just simply want to DELETE some pictures. Does anyone know the answer to that?
Wonder why you’re the only one who seem to didn’t get it.
There are a lot of people who don’t find it. It’s not particularly easy.
I have seen problem I don’t want to just hide photos but Delete from Picasa ughhh
….made no difference on my s4
I lOST ALL OF MY F@CKING PHOTOS IN EVERY ALBUM I HAD AND ON MY SD CARD. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME MISLEADING INFORMATION AND F@CKING ME OVER
Thank you so much,solved an annoying problem, so please.
Thanks! thanks to your step-by-step instructions I finally managed to delete the photographs off my tablet.
Help, there’s no ‘Clear Data’ button on Galery on my phone! What do I do?
Mine took a few minutes to appear.. but that only hides from gallery not deletes photos!
Did you get to it from the Settings…. Application Manager – ALL, or did you open the Gallery app from the icon and look for a menu button there?
How do i remove alot of photos from gallery without doing it one at a time
Hold tap first picture then after ones selected Tap rest as usual
That’s still one at a time. Obviously we want a “delete all” or “select all” and delete feature like in email.
Oh my god, thank you you beautiful being. I had to use some very choice words to find this page in my search and it was was the only solution that worked. THANK YOU
Im having trouble in deleting some photos from my s5 which in turn is filling up my memeroy
I just figured it out. Go to apps or Google folder open up Picasa tap n hold a photo u want deletedon’t and then rap rest a white check mark will appear..after all are selected that you want to delete tap trash can at bottom and ok after the warning message apear voila all gone!!! Then go and clear up the sync account stuff so it doesn’t happen again. And keep galley separate from Picasa as shown above, I first hid them from album by selecting only sync device and drop box.. not Picasa or google!!! I’m so happy now!!
worked perfect on my note 4 5.0
so accurate
Didn’t work with my phone – I don’t have those options. So FRIGGIN annoying.
I’m done all these things 2times now in 2 months and my picasa albums(4 annoying ones) are still showing so now what do I do?
Thanks so much, it really help… #tumbsup#
I’ve done all these stuffs but still picasa album exists..I’m using HTC one
Thank you Bro. Works Perfect !!
Thank you, this has been bothering me for weeks. App Data sure, make sense.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
data of google+ in the mobile, does it get deleted from everywhere if cleared from the mobile app clear data
Thanks a lot man…. now am relieved… from the messy look
Will it’s delete all of them???
Thxxxxxx sooo much! Perfect Galaxy S3
Omg, thank you soooooo much!!!
Help! there’s no “Google” under the Accounts subheader. in my setting..
I’m punting, but my guess is you got stuck on what I did for a while. You have to select “All”, whereas the default tab is “Downloaded”.
Does this apply to a galaxy s5? When I go to clear data it says it includes all files and data.. and will it delete my SD card or should I remove it first?
It didn’t delete anything I didn’t want it to
Yes, this works thanks !
Gallery is not listed in my Application Manager,
George…I just had to do this to and had the same problem as you at first. I then noticed that, just underneath the Application Manager heading, were the words “DOWNLOADED” , then “SD CARD” to the right. If you swipe your phone to the left, you can keep going until the word under Application Manager says “ALL.” I finally found gallery under there, cleared the data, and this worked like a charm.
I did exactly what you said and it worked perfect! Went back to Picasa and not a picture of mine is missing. Thanks for the insight!
I am so afraid to clear the data. I feel like I will loose all my downloaded pictures and other photos. Has anyone lost pictures by doing this?
No, I’ve done it beforw and it doesn’t because your pictures are part of your phone memory.
Nope all great now
I want to do this but I am so afraid of losing ALL my pictures once I clear data. I have downloads and pictures don’t want to loose them.
As the person says above, your pictures are a part of your phone and your downloads too. You can delete them off of your phone any time, the steps above are for removing Picasa Album features from your phone. On a side note, I remember reading somewhere the Picasa pictures are still stored in your cloud it just won’t be on the phone. Try it out, follow the directions above, don’t detour to some other options or you might find yourself in trouble. If you still are uncertain, just call your mobile/cell carrier (Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, etc.,), where you will be transferred to Tech Support and they can either “Remote Access” your cell phone and do it for you or manually talk you through the steps. I’ve done this before, you see! lol Good luck, hun!
Regards,
Raven
Perfect. Thank you.
This was promising, but-
it seems that I can’t uncheck on “Sync Google Photos” and on “Sync Picasa Web Albums”.. What to do..?
If you have sync turned off, it won’t give you the option to check or uncheck anything. Turn on sync in your settings and the check boxes will appear.
mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa thanku.. i was goin nutts i tell you
i have to remove my entire account as i had no gallery option to chose from :/
Finally !!!! Every phone I had I had this problem thank you
Been looking for a solution for ages…Thank you very much…
Hi, Gallery doesn’t appear in the Applications Manager – is this an older version? Thanks
I’m running kit Kat on my note 3 I think the image in gallery doesn’t look the same I go to app manage slide to the right to All apps and I found it there just looks different. Hope it helps
great, that’s fixed it, thanks!
Scroll top of the list to “All” and you should find Gallery. Took me awhile to notice that.
Thanks for the tip! I didn’t notice the tabs at top :)
Thx
Will this delete every album?
No just your picasa photos will be removed
Um lifesaver that is what you are thank you sooo much.
Thank you!!!!! This worked and did exactly what I needed it to!!!
Thank you so much, you rock loudly!!! I’ve been looking for a way to do this for a couple of months or so. Blessings to you!
Awesome Thank you
I did fine following these instructions until I got into Application Manager, and I found my Gallery is not listed here. Now what do I do????
Did you scroll over to “ALL”?
Thank you soooooooooo frickin much. Android got me messed up with that bull shit. You should for president.
Hell YESSSS FINALLY NO MORE CRAP ON MY PHONE YEAH!!!! XD just remember turn OFF google+ backup in auto backup.
My s4 only has the “Sync Picasa Web Albums” option which is already unchecked…no sign of “Sync Google Photos” but I have 4 photos just chilling in my gallery.
Thank you so much Aditya!!!!! Hopefully you moonlight as an instruction manual writer or a “for dummies” book author!
all good up to point 4. Gallery does not show up in my app manager
Instead of looking for gallery under the Downloaded sub category, slide over to the right to the All sub category
Looks good! Thanks
Thank you very much for the easy way to explain this. Even I could understand it.
Wow! I’m so glad I found this info. It worked!!!! This problem has been bugging me for a while. Now it’s fixed.
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My gallery is not listed in the applications manager, thus, I can’t clear the data. Any suggestions? Thx
You have to slide across, there’s a tab for running apps, and a tab for all apps. It’s under all apps
It won’t let me unchecked things, see here
It says “sync is experiencing problems check back latter” I hope by now you got it done.. BTW if you don’t want the pictures delete straight from Picasa too!!
Thank you Aditya.This was so simple for a pc/cellphone illiterate like myself to do. The Picasa cold-sore is gone from my phone. Now I need to delete the pics from the Google Picasa account and it will not let me. That will be my next battle. I feel a lack of control on-line. Very frustrating.
You need to clear the data and cache in the Gallery app. Settings>Applications>Application Manager>right to All>Gallery
Thanks! That’s rage over!!!
Problem solved! This is exactly what I needed!
Maria, check under “ALL” not downloaded apps, took me a while to find gallery too
I tried to remove the picasa album and did what the video instructions says but can’t find the ” gallery tab” from the application manager what alternative way to do it? Where is the “ALL Application” section located? Thanks!!!
Slide to right. . Look at top you’ll see downloaded first.. then running then all I believe is the order
Omg. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!! Those picasa pictures from whataheck where were so annoying! Thank you.
thank youuuuuu,,, i can find best solution in here.(I just news in android, no more apple)
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!
Thanks for the step by step guide!
there is no “gallery” in my application manager. I must delete Picasa!!!!
help
you will have to view it in the “ALL” applications section, not under SD card or DOWNLOADED applications.
Thank you so much
Thankyou Guyz for guide us.
So someone used my phone to look at the pics on Google if I do this to delete them off my phone it won’t delete them permanently for them will it?
These steps don’t delete just gets them out if your gallary.. if you delete from Picasa too then they are gone.
Thank you. It works
Ssamsung Android phone members follow the below steps:
Settings->Accounts and Sync->Click on gmail account refresh icon->de-sselect the required check box like->Sync picasa Web Albums-> Click on Sync now button
It will work perfectly:)…do not worry..Please try in this way
That doesn’t work. I wish you could see my Samsung Admire screen. It has several things to sync under my gmail account and a refresh button and that’s all. At the bottom of the list of 6 things it says remove account but when I hit it, it said are you sure you want to remove this account? No, I want to remove the google picassa pics from my phone and for it to stop updating my phone with them every time I plug it into my computer .:/
another person registered their gmail account on my phone. How do i delete their email address from my phone..otherwise, all videos and pics are continuously being saved in their account..privacy is all gone
This is pretty disturbing.
My mother has accidentally synced all her photos to a shared EXTENDED family account for sharing photos of the clan. Everything. Including photos that get automatically saved the iPhone camera roll from whats app.
another person registered their gmail account on my phone. now , all my personal pics and videos show up on their gmail account. is there any way to get rid of these photos that have already been backed up on the other person’s account permanently…so that they no longer have access to these pics and videos.
You the best… Thank you so much
Nice
5. If you want to get rid of just one item at a time or at least pick and choose, you can long-press the first one and tap each thereafter. It’s the same style as Step 2. The difference, though, is that this trash can icon makes things permanent. After you hit it, Google Photos will display a confirmation message. Hit “Delete” and the content is gone forever.
thank you!!! i’ve just had to.replace my s4 w an s5 and i’very spent the last several HOURS diddling around with this damn thing. u can edit your photos from Google + but u can’t from this damn Picasa. i just want em OFF my phone!
Thanks for the input…i have deleted and cleared the picasa pic from my note 4 !
did all the above, restarted phone and still can’t delete photos?
Does it work on the galaxy s5 I tried but I can’t find anything please HELP!! it’s driving me crazy
Thank you so much for the taught now I could able to delete and restore as well.
OMG!!! Finally!! Already removed those albums!!!! Big help! Thumbs-up to the creator! :)
I was actually looking for deleting those “Picasa” / Google+ photos from my ACCOUNT, not just make them hidden from my phone. Do I really HAVE to use my computer for such a simple task, or there is a Google app that can do this?
I have seen the Google+ Photos app but it does NOT just delete the backed-up photo on Google+ – it also deletes the original photo from my phone. I want to keep the local copy, and ONLY the local copy, AND do all this using only my phone.
P.S. I still DO want Auto Backup – I just don’t want individual photos from getting there (that’s why I want to delete)…
I’m looking everywhere for this information. A family member has accidentally link ALL their device photos to an extended family google photos account and it includes everything I’ve sent them via WhatsApp including private medical images because it gets saved to camera roll automatically.
THANKS I WAS GOING CRAZY TRYING TO DELETE THOSE PICTURES THIS WAS VERY HELPFUL
Thanks mate u really made my day
It worked!!! Thank you
Thanks from a IT shop in the netherlands
Thank you!
Works on Samsung note 4
Would that erase all my other photos I my phone?
Omg! Finally deleted! Thank ypu!
I went to my Google account and pi casa web photos doesn’t show up……..
Very nice. It works in LG P715. The photos are stored in Google+.
OMG THANK YOOOOOOUUUU!! Not being able to get rid of those was stressing me out. What a relief! !
It worked omg I’ve been trying to figure this out for a while now! Thanks! ^_^
Excellent!
thank you so much ! this is a really great instruction !
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you! Big big help!
Apps is also ok.when you first open it ,you only see downloaded apps.but top of your screen you can see that you can scrool it to the right side.then you can see sdcard app and then all apps.there you can find the gallery
Yay! It worked! Finally! THANK YOU!!!! :-)
Pls do it ppl none of our pics will b ďelèted accept picasa I did it txxxxxxxx
This isn’t helping. I don’t have an “Application manager” It just says apps. And gallery doesn’t show up in it. And is this going to delete ALL the pictures on my phone?
The Gallery doesn’t show up in my applications. Any idea what I might try?
See my comments
great!! much much thank you
Thank you sooo much!I was going crazy about removing Picasa albums and auto backup that I didn’t want I spent many annoying hours about this But,the solution is such a simple!
THANK YOU!
Doesn’t clearing data deletes everythng? Bit confused it gives a pop up message clearing will delete all my data,files, settings etc.
Thank you! I’ve spent a very long time trying to figure this out. So simple!
This is a shitty attempt to spy, nothing more, nothing less. Even after deleting it and never granting it permissions, it still alerts me multiple times daily that I need to log in, so it can ask for permissions again. Why would I want every unscrewed picture I take to immediately get uploaded to the internet? I bet a lot of people are not aware it is happening to them as the app bullies people into using it. And why do I need to identify myself to post this comment? More spying I suppose.
*Unedited, not unscrewed. Damn autocorrect!
U r being too much suspicious buddy! U need to give email id or something so that if somebody replies or asks u something u get the notification! Stop watching spy movies!
Good thinking my friend… now they can easily tag your face and suggest to people everywhere whether they know you..
Fantastic..Thank you..Hours wasted on Google sites to find a solution no success. Now all sorted..But why Google makes it so difficult ???
it works! thankkkk youuu
i have kitkat 4.4.4 that doesn’t have gallery
then what should i clear instead of gallary???
worked well for me. thank you.
When I take pictures on my HTC One will they automatically show everyone on the Google+?
This needs some updating. The present Android 4.4.4 does not appear tpo show either Gallery nor Photos in the Apps.
THANK YOU
This doesn’t work. I still see pictures I take show up in the Google Photos app. Are these instructions suppose to prevent this from happening, or is this a different issue?
Wow. I tried ot and its wprk. Thanks a lot
All I want to do is delete the Picasa album from my phone because it is nothing but duplicate pics. I did have old pics from my previous phone synced to my current phone. Will it delete these photos too (because I do still want them on here). I am just nervous about “clearing data” or “clearing cache”….will it delete all my photos from my phone???…or just the Picasa album???
i just cleared the data on my phone, and i still have all my pics, it only got rid of the picasa albums like it says. just make sure you disable sync first, or it will probably just re-upload the photos
My problem is that i every photo i take goes directly to my google+ accout through picasa and if i delete it in there it will also delete it in my phone which is pretty stupid and annoying, does anyone know how to stop the pictures to automaticly upload to picasa/google+?
Go to your settings and then go to accounts, tap on google, and which ever email account your pics are coming and going from you can tap on the photo sync and unsync it, which will stop the pics from going to your google+ and after you do that you will need to go into your applications manager and find your gallery and clear data so that you won’t have that annoying auto backup folder of pics..Hope this helps!!
No matter how many times i un check the sync google photos and google + tge check marks constintly re appear! Help please
Turn off the sync and backup setting and buy a physical harddrive. I’m so angry about this.
Hi there, I’ve had a problem… I set up my daughters new Samsung tablet and all my pictures automatically downloaded into her tablet gallery. It created an album called auto-backup. I don’t understand how this happened as I never gave permission to sync my photos to her gallery. How has this happened? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
What happens if I click “camera” instead of “gallery”? Cause I can’t find gallery where it should be! Will it work the same? PLEASE SOMEONE ANSWER, I HAVE TO GET THESE PICS OFF!!
Never mind,finally found it!! You are a lifesaver!!
My Zte Majesty just has a main sync On/off switch for all options. Its off when I got to Apps and over to gallery to clear. Its erases them for about 5 seconds then they jump right back in the gallery.. any ideas?
Thank u
Won’t it delete all my pictures by clicking clear data
my note 3 has a different format.
top bar of my settings screen when i open it has four boxes:
* connections,
* device,
* controls,
* general.*
i open
* settings >>
* General >>
* accounts >>
* Google
Click my user name travib@gmail.com
uncheck:
“sync google photos” as well as “Sync Picasa Web Albums.”
Proceed to number 3 above :)
your welcome future friend.
You’re the best, seriously.
Omg thank you so much
I was trying to attempt a selfie today. I have 3 videos not photos, rolling non stop on my Google + photo section. 1 my husband,2 me. They say if I remove them I stand to lose all. Can you go in and remove them? Samsung android tablet. I do not have a phone. Just get them off, please.
THANK YOU MY EX HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT ALL THE NUDIES THAT I COULDN’T GET REMOVED! NOW WE CAN GET MARRIED! :D
thanks so much for great step by step process. so helpful! thanks again!!! :)
You are amazing!!!!! This has been bugging the crap out of me since I bought this phone a week ago!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!
Thanks (: fixed my problem !
great share… i solved my friend problem.. LIKE!
Hi. I got my Note 3 just last month. I tried to do the same thing in the picture but it doesn’t show it in the pictures. Help
Wait never mind. I got it. Thank you so much. Life saver here :)
Mine deleted and then a few minutes later they come back… I’ve deleted them 3 times now.
not getting tick option in sync. (google) how to get tick option.
Same here
I also only have a manual ‘tap’ to sync option and no tickbox. It would be really frustrating if this was my only recourse to selectively synching content… Anyone have any ideas?
Done! I, too, have tried everything. This worked on my tablet.
THANK YOU! I have been frustrated many times and now I finally got rid of the albums I wanted to.
It wont delete my other photos? It’ll only delete the google+ ones?
U guys are life savers I just did it and at first I was scared everything was deleted but it wasn’t its amazing.
thank you for show this to me…There where some very”private” photos that I did not want to accidently scroll to when showing my pics to…now they are gone!!!
OK it deleted some of mine but not the others…other albums are still there and won’t go away. Could I possibly have to tune off Facebook sync?
thanks been looking for that a while now
That is awesome! Thanks. It was super annoying!!!
Thanks, that had been bothersome!
Thanks, this had been irritating.
It worked, just did it now.Thanks a million cause i’ve so IRRITATED by this silly picasa thing
Thank you very much… Finally!!!
Thank you very much , it really works .
Thank you so much for this. It was really irritating. I have the samsung galaxy s3 & there’s ALWAYS soo many applications running. I usually disable a lot of unecessary ones. Some i am not allowed to disable. Are they all necessary?
What if I want to delete the photos completely? I’ve tried deleting them everywhere and they won’t delete
Awesome!! Thanks because this little Picasa album really irritated me!!
THANK YOU this has been driving me crazy
Whoop Whoop… Thanks a ton… I factory reset my phone For nothing… Lol… I wish I had seen this before
☺
It works, has been driving me MAD!!!!! Thank you, hopefully my new phone has enough storage
Wait, so if I press “clear data” every on of the auto backup files will be removed? But every album that I personally put into my phone will stay?
Yep, mine are backed up to onedrive anyway so I was happy enough to risk it, but it never hurts to make a backup
Yes! you all are geniuses! I’ve been trying to do that all month!
Thank you! This has been driving me crazy for such a long time. One detail that may be different on other people’s phone as it was on mine:
Gallery was under “All” rather than “Downloaded” in the application manager. I had to swipe to the left a few times to get to the correct column.
Omg! Awesome, this was irritating me alot…..finally my pics are still being backed up but not visible through my phone gallery, as it should be:)…..
Thank you very much! I was fuckin pissed at the messed up shitty albums storming my gallery:D
THANK YOU!!! That took 5 seconds! :*
Really awesome.. Thanks a lot!
Thank u so much u guys r geniuses ..love u all :-) keep up the good work by helping !!!!!!!
How can I delete a video from my autoback up.please hel
Thank you so much! I opened my gallery and a bunch of albums popped up out of no where and I couldnt get rid of them! This helped so much!
Oh thanks!!!! Had crazy photos on there!!!!!!
Omg thank you so much I just got this phone and the photos have been a mess ever since thano you so much
thx! and i hate google+ so much
For some reason, all my photos went to one album called auto backup, but it won’t let me open pictures
thank you very very much…. I really appreciate your advice…it was 10 days that I was looking for removing those data from my phone….thank you very much….
THanks..you saved my life ^^ !
THANKS!!
This has been bugging me for some time. Thanks!
Held breath when hitting “Clear Data”…..thank Goodness it worked….all my photos are still there… those pisca photos are gone….
Thank you worked like a charm
thnx ]
Great it worked…
very useful info.. thanks
If I do this, is it guaranteed that it will only delete my Picasa albums? I don’t want any of my other albums, screenshots etc to be deleted!!
Thats what Im sayin!!!
It works :) YAY! All my pics are still here, except for the Picasa ones
Yep. I held my breath & hit “clear data” & everything except those bastard Picasa album pics thats taking up all my storage is GONE but all my camera pics are still there . Whooohoooo!
Doesn’t help I try to delete pictures from Google+ but there disappearing from my gallery!!!!!!
Thank you,help me a lot!!
Thank you i did it and finally got rid of it.
Will this delete all my photos?!?!
No I just did it and it doesn’t. Finalllllly got rid of an album that’s been there for months!
On my phone it show application manager ,but does not show gallery on it ,i would like to delete some picture from my picasa album.
You are probably going through the downloaded ones.. Swipe right to the “All” tab..
this was absolutely helpful, thank you very much
Thank you! this was so helpful! :)
thank u thank u thank u
help please
i have an S4 mini how to do it please
Thanks!ur such a great help!
Thanks !
Thank you so much!
Is there a way to clear individual photos from picasa, and not have to “clear data” to the whole picasa album?
Still ain’t tell me how to use it without my old fon they do make u sins them back
THANK YOU!! You just SAVED ME BIG TIME!
I have a problem at step 4 above (how to remove google or picasa web albums from gallery). I successfully completed steps 1,2,3. but when I go to settings/application manager ( tap on application manger) BUT , I DO NOT GET A GALLERY OPTION IN MY LIST OF APPLICATIONS. the applications options listed alphabetically go from “Flipboard” to “Gmail” then on to other google apps. There is no “gallery” app listed alphabetically or anywhere in the list. Yet, I do have a gallery app on the phone and use it to access my photos and albums. Where might the gallery app be?
You have to swipe to the right to see ALL apps. The first view only shows RUNNING apps. I was stuck at this point too. Then another helpful comment below pointed me in the right direction. Now I’ve got rid off the pesky Picasa album. Thank you, thank you all for the help. The Picasa album was driving me nuts.
Thanks
Got it!
If you clear your data, does it also delete your albums from Instagram/Snaphat/Kik etc?
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part 2 of my question…I email the pics from Picasa to “my Pictures”
I have a different kind of question, if you don’t mind. What I do sometimes is File, SaveAs…pics from Picasa to “my pictures”. Sometimes I will forget to take them out of “my pics” and put them back to the right folder. So say for example I have 50 pics from all over (folders) on “my pictures” How can I pull up the right folder it belongs in easily? Because I’ve learned, if you delete a pic on “my pictures” it also deletes it in Picasa… Thank you so much :)
Thank you so much!
If this doesn’t help, CLEAR DATA from the Picasa app.
If even this doesn’t help, disable Picasa :P
I did as it says and cleared the data in both the picasa app and the gallery, but the photos are still there!
Omg thanks so much this really helped !
Thanks for saving my life. Finally. Picasa albums removed. Thanks.
where dk i go if i dont find application manager in my phone
Does clearing the data of your gallery get rid of all photos or just the google ones?
I JUST did this fearing I would lose all photos. Holding my breath as I clicked to open up my gallery only to see that all of my albums are there, but the duplicates with Picaso are GONE! Thank god. lol
Great! This was what I needed, but this doesn’t remove it from my google account right?
Great —-? i face this problem very long.
thanks
I don’t have ANY menu like the one above. I have an LG Optimus G Pro. I CANNOT get rid of these damned Picasa pics, and I just found out that pics I take are being UPLOADED TO FREAKING GOOGLE!! WHAT IN THE PHUQQ? Google is taking over the goddamned world, and I don’t like it one damn bit. They are entirely too damn cozy with Obama’s dumb ass, too.
Relax. No one can view/access those photos until or unless *you* change their privacy settings to public. It’s only a backup mechanism, and you can stop that any time you want.
Bullfeathers …. how do you think that all the Hollywood Celeb sex pics were stolen? Once ANYTHING is out on someone else’s servers it is fair game for any hacker in the world to go get … including the NSA and every other government agency FROM ANY GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD (and of course EVERY attorney under the sun if you ever get into any litigation, such as a nasty “divorce”)
I’m with u on thaaat one. I had a Google plus acct, which I was really enjoying btw. Recently, Google plus deleted my acct because I chose NOT to open a Pisca acct AND SYCHRONIZE BOTH ACCTS TOGETHER. Wth…I def refused, because I would haaaate to see alllllll my private pics viewed in Google plus or anywhere for that matter. Google is too dam controlling & sneeky, I rather noooot have a Google plus acct now :( They need to stop doing that crazy stuff….do not FORCE us!
Thanks sooo much
Finally!!! Thank you so much!
Thank u very much I felt as if I didnt have privacy on my phone ….which I really dont but this gives me some peace of mind
Exactly what I needed! Great help, and explained really well. THANKYOU!!
Got a bit lost with your instructions at the sync part but got it figured out. Really helpful guide. Thank you so much. My Samsung Galaxy Note 1 was getting too full with Picassa albums which were duplicating my pics.
Don’t have an application called “Gallery” in my Samsung Note 3
Yes you do. While in the application manager, flick the screen over twice to get to the heading “all” which will give you an alphabetical list of everything running on your phone. Scroll down to gallery, continue with this tutorial. :)
when you go to application manager scroll to the right until you see all and scroll down you will see it
ThanQ!! it was very helpfull. And guys nothing to get scared about clearing data it will not delete any other filles. ( Once Again Thanxx)
The clear button is disabled I NEED HELP!
Appreciated. Pesky Google Plus.
EVIL OBAMA-FRIENDLY GOOGLE PLUS!
MY CLEAR DATE BUTTON IS DISABLED- CAN YOU ASSIST WITH THIS
There is no check box for sync with Picasso, just the option to push and it will then sync, on my phone. What do I do now? Also if I try to look at Picasso labeled photos it gives a black screen that says “Unable to load photo”
Samsung Galaxy note 3. I HATE Picasso
Thank you so much for this. This was truly helpful
Thankss VERY much!! The ONLY helpful website i found helpful information!(;
Thank you sosososososo much! I’ve deleted those pictures now! I was afraid it would delete my other photos if I cleared data but thankfully it didn’t
Oh my goodness, thank you so much.
I finally got rid of pictures in my gallery that had the Picasa logo onthem.
I had three albums where it had the logo on and I couldn’t delete no matter what.
Thanks for the step by step guide. It was most helpful.
thanks sir
Thanks so much that was really frustrating me….
Thank God for you, that was doing my head in
Oh Gosh, thank you for this blog! This is soooo helpful! thank you soooo much!
Thank you so much! :)
wheeeeww….. I bow to you!!
Not finding the gallery folder in application manager
Gallery is under the ‘all’ tab. Neither under ‘downloaded’ nor ‘running’ (obviously if you don’t have it open at the moment).
Wow Awesome …………worked like a charm…..
Wow and Google is now working on some type of the acceleration program we need to put on the brakes slow down and make what’s already there work make it simple make it easy never do that ever free technology still to this day a cell phone is not as good as a landline when it comes to you’re not a person we can even do that yet and here I can’t even simply delete one picture I have to go to all those steps that’s ridiculous I’m old school man technology common sensepeople make cell phones computers apps whatever anything to do electronics make it good simple before you put it on the market make you all mighty dollar I get itand don’t name something like cookies that goes with milk right when they said you gotta check your cookies I am on my computer I’m going to what the hell you talking about name is something else okay guys that’s b******* from computer idiot named the memory part of it cookies who the hell agreedwith him.I gotta go no need me waste my time put this down because I can’t do anything about it because everybodys addicted due to their computer cell phone or whatever electronic they got not me you won’t see me karen a cell phone when I go to go to the beach
Take a deep breath “IronWorker”… There we go… Now, have you hit your head lately? Taken any bad falls? Do you work with noxious or dangerous chemicals? Any history of schizophrenia in your family? Do you do many drugs, maybe stimulants? Have you been drinking a lot of coffee with your speed? Have you EVER HEARD OF A PERIOD? IT ENDS SENTENCES, USUALLY AFTER A COMPLETE, AND HOPEFULLY COHERENT, THOUGHT. WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPELL? DO YOU HEAR VOICES?
This is a full stop >. It turns drivel into writing.
@Pedge just slide to the right and you’ll find gallery in “All” in the third section.
Yes YEs Yes ,It’s about time ,thank you thank you
i tried it and it worked BUT after restarting the phone all albums came back again. solution to that was just remove your google account and re add it and when you sign in it ll give you an option to autobackup pictures, just uncheck it and press next. all done hope it helps :)
Thanks dude… Thats really help for me… :D
I can get as far as Application Manager, but can’t find Gallery on the list. Help!
Check Gallery under the ‘all’ tab. Neither under ‘downloaded’ nor ‘running’ (obviously if you don’t have it open at the moment).
Thank you so much!!!…it was so annoying
Thank you so much. This WAS so annoying. You have been the only clear and complete step by step instructor.
Thanks so much! This was really annoying me. It’s pathetic how Google forces you to sync stuff and hide these options
Thanks so much!! It’s so annoying lol!
Thank you very much!
Brilliant, what an easy solution! Thank you!
Thanx A lot…..From past many weeks m so irritate by this auto backup photos but thanks to u to get rid of this.
thank u sooooooooo much…
Saved my day.. Thanks.. !!!
When i remove a pic from my phone it ik also removes it from photo’s( Google+). I Just want to remove it from the phone not the back-up. Can you help….?
OMG IT HELPED ME OUT FROM A 2 YR ANNOYANCE. THANK YOU !
Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo much !!!!
thanks!!!!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH. WORKED PERFECT
My application manager does not have a Gallery option. I tried to clear all google+1 application, but the mess is still on my gallery. How do I get rid of the picasa backups on my gallery! Please help.
Be sure to be in ‘all’ apps, not just downloaded. Since Gallery came on your phone it won’t show up in the downloaded section.
Do you see next to it is running, then all? Click on all and you will find it
You can find Gallery under the ‘all’ tab. Neither under ‘downloaded’ nor ‘running’ (obviously if you don’t have it open at the moment).
It didn’t work for me. My freaking Picasa backups are still there!!! This is infringing on people’s life!! Can you please please help!
THANK YOU
THANK YOU EVER SO FREAKING MUCH
I COULD HUG YOU
I KISS YOU!
Thank you sooo much. my picture gallery was a mess. its really helpfil
Worked!!!! So happy!! Thanks
Legend – how stressed was I getting over this? Thank you. Quite correctly it simply cleared what I didn’t need and left the ones that were already on my phone. Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith……. Keep up the good work
This was really helpful… I was so irritated…
thanks for your help
but i worry about the picture that access them through Google+ account
Hi Aditya!!!
Thanks a lot:). i was strugling to clear the files and your articile was a god send:)!!! Thanks again:)
When you “clear data” in your gallery, will it delete any photos?
Nope
Are you sure?
It won’t delete your photos. What it deletes, is the information IN the Gallery app regarding the pictures to form the albums. This has nothing to do with the photos themselves.
It’s like an address book for the photos. Deleting it doesn’t change the photos. It just makes the Gallery to forget where they are until it checks again.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! i should have came on the internet earlier i was searching in my phone files for what seemed like hours to get rid of the pictures i didnt want on there. :)
Great article and thanks for posting such an excellent guide! Helped me out!
I had taken some pictures and they automatically backed up on Google plus, I took off the sync for photos and google plus, will that fix my issue?
you have to go into your “accounts and sync” and turn off the sync with your associated Google account. Then, you have to go into the apps processes and clear data on your Gallery. It has screenshots, works as intended!
Whats the problem with Google backing up your photos to Picasa? If you lose your phone, where will you be able to get them back from. All phones should have a minimum of 32Gb by now anyway>
This doesn’t stop your phone from backing up your photos to Google+/Picasa, it stops those photos from appearing in your gallery app on the phone.
Also, I use Dropbox instead of Google+ to back up my photos, so there’s no need for both.
Also, some people might have a problem with storing their photos on Google’s servers for privacy reasons.
You say it doesn’t stop your phone from backing up photos to Google+, but when trying to turn on Auto Backup on a Galaxy 4, it says: “Turn sync on? To back up your photos, you must turn on Google+ Photos sync for (email address) in Android Settings”. Not ow (or) Turn sync on
Thanks buddy! :)
Thanks!!
This helped alot thank u
I was wondering if you switched phones and put your media card in your new phone will the photos in your gallery get deleted or just the auto backup… Please ANSWER
it would all depend on where the pictures are saved/stored. You can save them either to the internal memory (on the phone itself) or on the external storage (sd card). if you store them on your internal memory, the pictures would remain on the old phone unless they were synced to a cloud service such as Google+.
Thankk you!!! Worked perfectly.
Oh my goodness! Thanks so much. It only deleted the auto backup album like I wanted! So helpful!
It works!! Al your normal photo’s are still on your Phone when you clear the data
Was wondering how you get rid of Picasso, it is annoying, well done to the person who thought to share that information, I’m just off to clear it now, big Thanx.
Thanks so much for your support and help.
Thank you thank you thank you! !! This has bern bothering me like crazy!!
have been trying so hard to figure this out, thanks so much
THANNNKKK YOOOUUUU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!
Omg thank you so much! I have been so sick of always having to filter what pictures I can choose from for apps like instagram and easyframe. Ahhh this made my day :D
I sync my photos on my Galaxy with Google+. Lost my phone and now I can not get to my pictures on my google account. I am totally lost with understanding how this crap works.
Just go into your G+ app and on the menu in the top left corner, you should see an option for photos… Your auto backup pictures should appear there.
OK here is my rant… Photos is just a fraction of the despise I have Google+ overall.
Steve Jobs was right, Google’s mantra of “Don’t Be Evil” is BULLSHITE’! I don’t trust Picasa ,Hangouts, Google+, Photos, or GOOGLE for that matter.
G+ IS the most INVASIVE, Privacy destroying, EVIL applications Google has Forced upon Android and us users. I honestly think that requiring a G+ account to leave reviews on OUR PAID APPS in the Playstore is illegal. I am constantly enabling and deleting G+ as needed. As an example I needed to logon to Motorola and guess what.. G+ account was needed. How horrible and desperate Google is for our data.. I wish a QUICK-PAINFUL-DEATH to G+…
Sincerely a VERY FRUSTRATED customer..
so don’t use it? go get a different OS then? Android is owned by Google. Why shouldn’t they require you to use their services to use their ecosystem.
Also, Motorola is owned by Google as well.
For some reason the gallery does not appear under the application manager. I have tried clearing the data and cache from google + and it doesn’t do anything Please help
I didn’t see my gallery under downloaded in application manager. But you need to change tabs to all and go down to apps starting with G and it should be the first one. Hope this helps!
Thanks so much, Nana!
What happens to the pics if I don’t have Google+ please? I hate Google+… just got done deleting and stopping it because it costed me 14.9 gigs. There are a lot of pics in there that I want. Can you help me too?
Nothing happens to the pix on your gallery if you discontinue Google+. I discontinued mine and the pix are still in my gallery. Just follow the advice on this page. But then, of course, mine’s Nexus 7 2gen. I don’t speak for other devices.
thank you so much!!
It is working :)
Omg this was extremely helpful ive been trying to delete some photos forever and now they are gone thanks you this guide
Thanks very much 4 your tips…its work ..now my gallery returned organizer.
thanx for ur tips..! its work dude… im almost format my phone but with ur tips its make more benefit..!
When I click clear data, something pops up and says “all of this application’s data will be deleted permanently. This includes all files, settings, accounts, databases etc.” What do I do?
Hit yes. It will only delete the auto backup album and not your pictures that you placed on your device.
Found no Sync photos for Google, Picasa, only to sync 4 Gmail accounts. Looked for any G+ but found none. Cleared data for Gallery & Picasa (not that you said to w Picasa). What do I do for not finding sync settings? I cancelled normal daily syncing of Gmail but need to return that so iPad is updated as well as PC.
Please add suggestions re lack of sync photos on Samsung’s GS4-
Thanks, this helped a lot.
I searched all over for a solution, this was the ONLY thing that worked! Thank you so so so much, from a very frustrated and non-technical person.
thank you so much
Will it clear the camera pics too?
no.
Oh my god, you don’t even know how much I love you. Thank you, thank you. I was so frustrated, you solved my problem so easy. I am super happy now :) you are a life saver, thanks again!!!
Thanks a lot man..
Thanks was bugging the hell outta me very easy with thia
Brilliant thank you so much for the clear instructions … bless you.
awesome job! thanks a lot.
Very helpful! Plus an elaborated guide. THANKS! :)
You’re without doubt the best tech help I’ve ever had. Thank you so much for this information. A+++
This just does not work. Google keeps putting the photos back.
yep. works for a moment, then they come back….
You probably didn’t turn off your Google+ Photos and Picasa Web Album Sync in your accounts and sync section of your google account…
THANK YOU so much! I have a random 6 year old Picasa album that I just could not get rid of on my phone. Ever after I deleted the pics from Picasa. Go figure. This worked like a charm. If you follow the instructions to a T, this will only delete the Picasa albums, not what’s in the camera. Awesome.
If I tap “clear data” under Gallery settings, will it delete ALL of my photos or just the one’s from my Google+ account thing? The Picasa ones only, right?
just the synced ones.
Thank you so much; it was driving me crazy!
Thanks for the info
Worked a treat..if they reappear after you sink again you have not done it right yet..
thank you very much for this valuable information !
Thank you!!! I have been racking my brain on how to do this!
Thank you!!! I have been racking my brain on how to do this!
what if I don’t see the gallery app?
I DID IT. BUT THE ALBUMS COME BACK EVERY TIME I USE MY WIFI
Go to seettings in your gallery, there should be a switch next to something that says, Sync with WiFI only or something like that, turn the switch off.
YYYEEESSSSSS! FINALLY, THANK YOU
Thank you so much!
This does not work in 4.1.2 there is no option to check for picasa web folders only a sync option
Google Photos, Google+ Photos > uncheck them > erase data from Gallery > Done :)
Does this remove any actual picture files? Been trying to find this out, because I just upgraded to Galaxy 4s, so I don’t want to lose my pictures from previous phone. Thank you.
Still comes back once you refresh the gallery… 4.4.2
Thank you so very much it was becoming so annoying.
how do i get the photos off my samsung 4s to a place where i can get them printed?
Thanks a lot!! I was trying this since a long time,but couldn’t make it.Now its done.
This does not work! Followed it to the letter several times and they are still there. Is there a real way to get these dumb albums out of my gallery WITHOUT losing them permanently? I don’t want to delete them from the picasa site (as I can’t any way I have found) and never have them again. Is there a REAL solution? As, un-syncing and clearing data does an absolute zero. Please help! I have around 10 picasa albums in my gallery and i turned off EVERYTHING under the google account.
Thank you! I was going crazy trying to do it on my own after updating my Android version today
THANK YOU SO MUCH this was driving me crazy.
What your trying to do is delete stock photos in your profile album.
You have to log into the google plus website and delete the photos and albums there then when google syncs your phone the pics and albums are gone. Took me 3 hours to figure it out. All the above info does is clear them temporary till google and the phone sync.
Thank you so much!
I keep on trying this and it works (initially!) but then the next morning I’ll come back and all the picassa albums are back again! When I check my accounts, I see that the sync is still off, so I don’t understand what’s going on!
Make sure you go into your Gallery settings and uncheck all the sync with your gmail account, picasa, etc. options that apply to you and not just one of those. That solved the same problem for me.
Thank you!
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been trying to get rid of it for days i even reset my phone finally its gone. Thank you so much
Thank you!!
Omg!! U are a life saver..I had tried everything to the point i was going insane. No more Headaches and annoying Pictures everywhere. Loved the explanation so simple to do. Really I appreciate it.. Thanks a million. :)
thanks alot for the perfect solution.. those albums were really irritating
thank you !!! its giving me head ache how to get rid of those photos..u made me finally removed it…way easy ….thankssss
Will this definitely not remove my other albums, just the picasa auto backup one?
Same here!! Thank You Very Much!! THOSE picassa photos are a pain in the patootie. :-) much neater! Yes. Perfectly explained.
Honestly, this is perfect! I have been trying to remove these pictures and have had no luck. You explained it perfectly. Thank you so much!
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Thank you a lot
Thank you its help me a lot..:-)
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Dude you freaking rock… THANK YOU
OMG THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! This worked perfectly, you have saved my sanity.
There isn’t “gallery” under the Application Manager in my Android phone. Please help!
there isn’t “Gallery” in the app!
go under ALL the very right tab, its not in Downloads for my Galaxy S4 at atleast
thank you very much aditya… you are really a gem.
then you can simply clear the data in Galary
I have 2 accounts , I forgot all the informations also the password ans email i dont want that my father will see it? can you help me how to delete my account in youtube?
its been long time i coudnt find how 2 del picasa thaaaaaank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu kissssssssssssssssss
You have to click on your email address (above Privacy, not seen on your screenshot), and then you’ll find the option to uncheck “sync google picasa web albums”.
Will this delete all the photos on my SD card, too??? I don’t want to lose all my photos, I just don’t want the picasso pix on there
thank u sooooooo much….:) :)
Thank you ssooooooooooo much!!! you’ve been a great help!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU!!!! (That sounded a little weird…) but SERIOUSLY THO, THANK YOU!!!!!!
OMG, THANK YOU!!!!!! If I could kiss you, I would!! SMOOCHES!!!!!!!
Nvm got it now. I had to uncheck more than just picasa albums
It didn’t work for me. I deleted the pictures from google + and did everything you said but its still there
Thank you very much
THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So much better, my OCD is appeased
THANK YOU!
Since I followed this advise, my insomnia is gone, I drink less coffee and I have become a fully functioning social individual. I am now more sexually attractive to the opposite sex! The word “Picasa” has ceased to be a psychological trigger. My uncontrollable rages are gone! Thank you so much. I am crying with gratitude right now; my handkerchief is dripping wet with tears.
You rock dude
Oh my god, thank you so much. I’ve been trying to figurr how to change sync setting for so long!
appreciate this! it’s always an eyesore for me to see ’empty’ ‘un-deletable’ albums by picasa, but now it’s all cleared up, thanks to you!
i can’t delete photos in my gallery. no matter what I’ve tried, they are still there. anybody help!!
Try to delete from file manager
Try to delete from file manager
Thank you thank you thank you, genius!
Thanq for you endless help
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
this was good information for me I have a T-Mobile T-599 phone. I have went back to the store and called several times to try to find out how to remove pictures from my Gallery on my phone, guess what no one could help me with this. Until I went to google and type in this question, no one at the T-Mobile store could help me. They were clueless even the Manager could not help me, she told me you just have to live with them in your gallery. But I knew there was a way I could remove photos from my Gallery and have only the pictures I wanted in there. Thanks for the help I have bookmarked this page for future references
Joanie
I don’t have GALLERY in the Application Manager
same here :( I dont have galery in tha application manager :(
Finally thanks so much
Thank you…
Thanks
Easy. . . Thanks!
Suspected this was the case, nice guide!
Thanks so much.. so easy.
Brilliant
Why not just long press on Picasa and select “remove online server”? Much quicker. HTC One X
On my Samsung galaxy note n7000 didn’t work, already and turn off sync photos on google+ clean data still available on my gallery please help me