Deleted pictures keep coming back

[anniinan]

I have a problem deleting photos from my phone. After deleting photos and deleting them from trashcan as well they seem like they have been deleted but when i turn my phone off and on again, the deleted pictures are there again. I have deleted them at least seven times, but they always keep coming back. Am I doing something wrong or what is the problem? I don't use Google's auto back up, so that shouldn't be the issue.

Anyone else having this problem or know how to solve this? Or is it just impossible to delete the photos without using the computer?

I am a New android user, i had Iphone before i bought this sony few months back so feel free to talk to me like i'm an idiot, because i am with android.

[Hampus]

Hi,

Could you please elaborate? Is this photos that you have taken with the camera or is it pictures that comes from an application e.g? Could you also check where these photos are stored that you are trying to remove? You can see this if you go to Album > Tap the photo > Menu button (the one with three dots) > Details > File path:

[anniinan]

Hey,

They are the photos taken with camera, not photos from apps. (whatsapp etc, they stay deleted).

The photos are stored to SD card. (/suoraan/sdcard/DCIM etc)

[Hampus]

Okay, could you please try to remove a photo and then use the application "File Commander" (this is a preinstalled file manager) and go to SD-card > DCIM > 100ANDRO, to see if the photo is removed from the folder?

[anniinan]

Okay, the photo is still there, i found it.with the file commander. So should i always delete the photos with the file commander or..?

[Thommo · Accepted solution]

You shouldn't have to, however for now it seems to be the only option

[anniinan]

Okay, thank you both very much!

I just wonder, is it just my phone or every other phone as well? My friend doesnt have the same issue

[Thommo]

Could be your SD card or you may have another app stopping this

[Hampus]

That's also my thought that it could be the SD-card. Could you change the data storage to Internal Storage via the Camera application (Camera > Menu button > The tools tab > Data Storage > Internal Storage) to see if these photos are removed from the DCIM folder?

If they are, you might want to move the content on your SD-card to your PC and then format the SD-card to see if this can help.

[anniinan]

Okay i tried this and the photos are not removed from the DCIM-folder, they are still there. Should I still try formating the sd-card?