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De-Google your life: How to delete all photos from Google Photos

Proton Blog: “Using Google Photos to store and share your pictures means allowing the company to see, analyze, and process them. Many people concerned about their privacy have taken steps to move away from the Google ecosystem, despite the company’s efforts to hide its surveillance-based business model. Apart from privacy concerns, Google made promises about Google Photos it didn’t keep, such as offering unlimited storage for high-quality photos but later imposing limits(new window) and charges. This article explains how to safely delete photos from Google Photos without also removing them from your device. It also shows how to remove the Google Photos app and move your pictures to a cloud storage service that actually respects your privacy.

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