Photos are often stored on a computer or phone in a digital format. When a photo is permanently deleted from a device, it’s gone for good. What happens to all the photos that were deleted in this way?
Where do permanently deleted photos go?
Where do our pictures go when we delete them?
When we delete pictures from our computer, they go to the recycle bin. This means that if we ever want to see those pictures again, we will have to go through the recycle bin and search for the pictures. If we delete pictures from our phone, they go to the phone’s memory. This means that if we ever want to see those pictures again, we will have to go through our phone’s memory and search for the pictures.
When you delete a photo, where does it go?
The photo is permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Depending on the photo storage provider, the photo may be saved on a hard drive or other storage device for a certain period of time, after which it is permanently deleted.
The Afterlife of our Photos
Photos are stored on a device in a format that preserves the image, but not the metadata that describes the photo. When you delete a photo from your device, you’re actually deleting the copy of the photo that’s stored on the device.
The photo is still stored on Google’s servers, and if you ever want to see it again you can do a search for the image or use the Google Photos search bar. You can also view photos that have been shared with you by other Google users.
If you want to permanently delete a photo from your device, you need to delete the photo from Google’s servers as well. To do this, sign in to your Google account and go to Google Photos. In the left navigation bar, click the photo that you want to delete. Under “Delete this photo,” select “Delete from servers.” If you want to keep a copy of the photo on your device, select “Keep this photo.”
What Happens to our Photos when we Delete them?
When you delete a photo from your phone or computer, it’s actually just removed from your device’s storage. It’s not actually gone – it’s just not visible any more.
If you delete a photo from Instagram, Facebook, or any other photo sharing site, that photo will still be accessible through the site’s search function. However, once it’s shared it with others, it’s gone for good.
If you delete a photo from your phone’s memory, it will be gone forever.
Where do Photos go when we Permanently Delete them?
Photos that are permanently deleted from our devices are generally sent to the hard drive where the operating system stores all of our files. This means that, in theory, if you could somehow get your hands on our hard drive and access the files, you could view and/or print the photos that were deleted. However, because photos are typically deleted in bulk, it’s unlikely that you would be able to access all of them.
Conclusion
If you delete a photo from your phone, it goes to the trashcan on your phone. However, if you delete a photo from your computer, it is permanently deleted.
