It looks like Google Photos is not having too good of a time at the moment – after all, the app itself has been seen to be “racist” in nature, where dark skinned folks were tagged as “gorillas” before, although Google did admit that their app is not 100% foolproof, and apologized for that incident. Here we are with yet another snafu – it seems that the Google Photos app, even after being deleted from your mobile device, will continue to synchronize photos as well as videos.
Thankfully, the folks over at Google are working on a fix after being alerted to this situation. I guess Android users who no longer want to make use of this app will have to live with the fact (until a fix is released, that is) that uninstalling the app will not prevent Google Photos from stashing and saving your handset’s media in the cloud.
A Google spokesperson mentioned to CNNMoney, “Some users have uninstalled the Photos app on Android without realizing backup as an Android service is still enabled.We are working to make the messaging clearer as well as provide users who uninstall the Photos app an easy way to also disable backup.” In order to totally disable automatic syncing, you will need to head to Google settings on your phone, pick Google Photos, and turn backup off.
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