Deleting and restoring photos and videos

You can delete files from your photo library in Nokia Ovi Suite and from your device. You can also restore files that were deleted from your photo library. If you delete a photo or a video from your device, the file is deleted permanently and you cannot restore it with Nokia Ovi Suite.

To delete photos or videos from your photo library, do the following:

  1. Highlight the All group or the Recently added smart group in the navigation area. You can see the files contained in the group displayed in the content area.

  2. Select one or more files you want to delete.

  3. Right-click and select Delete.

    • Click Yes to delete the files from your computer. The files are moved to computer’s Recycle Bin and you can restore them by dragging them back to the All folder in Photos view.

    • Click No to keep the files in your computer but to remove them from the Photos view. The files ares left in the defined computer folder and you can restore them by dragging them from that folder back to the All folder in Photos view.

    • Click Cancel if you choose to do nothing.

 

To delete photos or videos from photo library albums, do the following:

  1. Highlight the album in the navigation area. You can see the files contained in the group displayed in the content area.

  2. Select one or more files you want to delete.

  3. Right-click and select Remove from album.

 

 

For information on how to remove photos or videos from albums and delete albums, see Managing albums.

Deleting and restoring photos and videos