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bdc2015
User level: Level 1 (6 points)

Delete photos from library but keep in album on MacBook Pro

I moved photos from the library to a created album (on MacBook Pro Nov 2024 using Golden Gate) - is there a way to delete these photos from the library and not from the album? or my other devices?


Posted on Oct 24, 2026 6:14 AM

2 replies

Matti Haveri
User level: Level 7 (22,314 points)

Oct 24, 2026 6:26 AM in response to bdc2015

No. Library is the master which holds all images and albums just refer to it without taking much extra space.

Zurarczurx
User level: Level 6 (8,142 points)

Oct 24, 2026 6:37 AM in response to bdc2015

You don't "move" a photo to an Album. It stays in the library and think of the Album just as a filter for all the photos it "contains".

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256382091