How to Delete Photos from Google Photos to Save Space on your Android Phone?

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If you have a 16GB or 32GB phone to tablet and your storage space is full, then Google Photos update will help you to free up space without forcing you to move photos and videos off of your phone or tablet. You can easiy delete photos from Google Photos to save space on your Android phone using "Free Up Space". Google Photos announced a new "Free Up Space" button has been added to the "Settings" menu of the Google Photos app on Android phone. When you tap "Free Up Space" button, it will delete all local photos and videos that have already been backed up by the Google Photos app.

On some Android phones, Google Photos will also be able to delete copies stored on SD cards. Google is also rolling out an update to Google Photos on the web which will allow you to downgrade photos uploaded in "Original Quality" down to "High Quality" from your browsers. To do so, go to https://photos.google.com/settings from your computer and click on "Recover Storage".

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