How to delete Google Photos Backup photos?

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Finding and deleting only the backup photos may be difficult because there is no special album for backed up photos. Searching Google Photos for #autobackup may help to find all the photos in the backup, you can definitely try the following method and see if it works for you:
  1. If you want to clear everything (photos and videos) from your Google Photos account and start a new backup using Google Photos Backup, please follow the directions below. Clearing all photos and videos will also clear out any albums you may have. If you had shared links to those albums, the links will no longer work. 
  2. Make sure your original photos are safely stored somewhere else (like an external hard drive or any other cloud account). 
  3. Download everything using Google Takeout 
  4. Delete all your pictures and videos; directions are here. 
  5. Deleted pictures no longer appear on Google Photos Library and Albums, all synced devices, and at Google Drive
  6. Empty the Trash
  7. Uninstall the Google Photos Backup app
  8. Delete the following folder on your computer
  9. On Windows: %localappdata%GoogleGoogle Photos Backup (copy/paste the path into the address bar in "Windows Explorer" or "File Explorer")
  10. On Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Google Photos Backup/ 
  11. Download and reinstall the Google Photos Backup app
  12. Set up the backup app to backup your computer files and devices.

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