Removed photo from album on web but appear again after sync with phone #7981

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opened 2026-02-05 13:26:53 +03:00 by OVERLORD · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ricain59 on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025).

I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report.

  • Yes

The bug

Hi everyone,

My setup is docker and working good when upload directly from laptop on web page.
I'm use the latest version on docker and on my phone (play store).
I'm using nginx proxy manager as reverse proxy for internal and external acess.

Well, i've selected all album to sync on phone (android) on app immich.
I'm waiting for sync finished and appear all album present on my phone (whattsapp images, camera,...) on web page. Directly on web page with my laptop create new album, for example "me" and starting to add photo from album "camera", created by app on my phone, to my new album "my".
After to add to album "me", i've selected again the photo and "removed from album" camera. Nice working fine 🙂

After few minutes, refreshing the web page and photo on album "camera" appear again :-(.

I'm doing anything wrong? Configuration is wrong? The photos appear again because existing on phone on folder "camera" and i've move it to album "me" on web page?

Thank you for your help.

discord link: https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/1445023216035696740

The OS that Immich Server is running on

docker on debian13

Version of Immich Server

latest

Version of Immich Mobile App

latest play store

Platform with the issue

  • Server
  • Web
  • Mobile

Device make and model

Samsung S22 ultra android 16

Your docker-compose.yml content

name: immich

services:
  immich-server:
    container_name: immich_server
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends:
    #   file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    env_file:
      - .env
    ports:
      - '2283:2283'
    depends_on:
      - redis
      - database
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  immich-machine-learning:
    container_name: immich_machine_learning
    # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag.
    # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}
    # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/features/ml-hardware-acceleration
    #   file: hwaccel.ml.yml
    #   service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable
    volumes:
      - model-cache:/cache
    env_file:
      - .env
    restart: always
    healthcheck:
      disable: false

  redis:
    container_name: immich_redis
    image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8@sha256:81db6d39e1bba3b3ff32bd3a1b19a6d69690f94a3954ec131277b9a26b95b3aa
    healthcheck:
      test: redis-cli ping || exit 1
    restart: always

  database:
    container_name: immich_postgres
    image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}
      POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME}
      POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME}
      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums'
      # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs
      # DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD'
    volumes:
      # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file
      - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    shm_size: 128mb
    restart: always

volumes:
  model-cache:

Your .env content

# You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables

# The location where your uploaded files are stored
#UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library
UPLOAD_LOCATION=/library

# The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database
DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres

# To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
TZ=Europe/Lisbon

# The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v2.1.0"
IMMICH_VERSION=v2

# Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password
# Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces
#DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=passwordchanged

# The values below this line do not need to be changed
###################################################################################
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich

Reproduction steps

  1. on web, move photo from album camera created by phone to album my
    2.open again app on phone and starting sync
    3.go to web again and photo exist again on album camera and on album my :-(

Relevant log output


Additional information

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Originally created by @ricain59 on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025). ### I have searched the existing issues, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate report. - [x] Yes ### The bug Hi everyone, My setup is docker and working good when upload directly from laptop on web page. I'm use the latest version on docker and on my phone (play store). I'm using nginx proxy manager as reverse proxy for internal and external acess. Well, i've selected all album to sync on phone (android) on app immich. I'm waiting for sync finished and appear all album present on my phone (whattsapp images, camera,...) on web page. Directly on web page with my laptop create new album, for example "me" and starting to add photo from album "camera", created by app on my phone, to my new album "my". After to add to album "me", i've selected again the photo and "removed from album" camera. Nice working fine 🙂 After few minutes, refreshing the web page and photo on album "camera" appear again :-(. I'm doing anything wrong? Configuration is wrong? The photos appear again because existing on phone on folder "camera" and i've move it to album "me" on web page? Thank you for your help. discord link: https://discord.com/channels/979116623879368755/1445023216035696740 ### The OS that Immich Server is running on docker on debian13 ### Version of Immich Server latest ### Version of Immich Mobile App latest play store ### Platform with the issue - [ ] Server - [x] Web - [x] Mobile ### Device make and model Samsung S22 ultra android 16 ### Your docker-compose.yml content ```YAML name: immich services: immich-server: container_name: immich_server image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-server:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # file: hwaccel.transcoding.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [nvenc, quicksync, rkmpp, vaapi, vaapi-wsl] for accelerated transcoding volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the media storage location on your system, edit the value of UPLOAD_LOCATION in the .env file - ${UPLOAD_LOCATION}:/data - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro env_file: - .env ports: - '2283:2283' depends_on: - redis - database restart: always healthcheck: disable: false immich-machine-learning: container_name: immich_machine_learning # For hardware acceleration, add one of -[armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, rknn] to the image tag. # Example tag: ${IMMICH_VERSION:-release}-cuda image: ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-machine-learning:${IMMICH_VERSION:-release} # extends: # uncomment this section for hardware acceleration - see https://docs.immich.app/features/ml-hardware-acceleration # file: hwaccel.ml.yml # service: cpu # set to one of [armnn, cuda, rocm, openvino, openvino-wsl, rknn] for accelerated inference - use the `-wsl` version for WSL2 where applicable volumes: - model-cache:/cache env_file: - .env restart: always healthcheck: disable: false redis: container_name: immich_redis image: docker.io/valkey/valkey:8@sha256:81db6d39e1bba3b3ff32bd3a1b19a6d69690f94a3954ec131277b9a26b95b3aa healthcheck: test: redis-cli ping || exit 1 restart: always database: container_name: immich_postgres image: ghcr.io/immich-app/postgres:14-vectorchord0.4.3-pgvectors0.2.0@sha256:bcf63357191b76a916ae5eb93464d65c07511da41e3bf7a8416db519b40b1c23 environment: POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD} POSTGRES_USER: ${DB_USERNAME} POSTGRES_DB: ${DB_DATABASE_NAME} POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: '--data-checksums' # Uncomment the DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' var if your database isn't stored on SSDs # DB_STORAGE_TYPE: 'HDD' volumes: # Do not edit the next line. If you want to change the database storage location on your system, edit the value of DB_DATA_LOCATION in the .env file - ${DB_DATA_LOCATION}:/var/lib/postgresql/data shm_size: 128mb restart: always volumes: model-cache: ``` ### Your .env content ```Shell # You can find documentation for all the supported env variables at https://docs.immich.app/install/environment-variables # The location where your uploaded files are stored #UPLOAD_LOCATION=./library UPLOAD_LOCATION=/library # The location where your database files are stored. Network shares are not supported for the database DB_DATA_LOCATION=./postgres # To set a timezone, uncomment the next line and change Etc/UTC to a TZ identifier from this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List TZ=Europe/Lisbon # The Immich version to use. You can pin this to a specific version like "v2.1.0" IMMICH_VERSION=v2 # Connection secret for postgres. You should change it to a random password # Please use only the characters `A-Za-z0-9`, without special characters or spaces #DB_PASSWORD=postgres DB_PASSWORD=passwordchanged # The values below this line do not need to be changed ################################################################################### DB_USERNAME=postgres DB_DATABASE_NAME=immich ``` ### Reproduction steps 1. on web, move photo from album camera created by phone to album my 2.open again app on phone and starting sync 3.go to web again and photo exist again on album camera and on album my :-( ### Relevant log output ```shell ``` ### Additional information _No response_
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@bo0tzz commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025):

This is working as expected, if a file is on the phone but not on the server, it will be uploaded. There's an experimental "sync remote deletions" setting that you can try.

@bo0tzz commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025): This is working as expected, if a file is on the phone but not on the server, it will be uploaded. There's an experimental "sync remote deletions" setting that you can try.
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@ricain59 commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025):

On my case, i don't delete the file, move the from one album "camera" to other album "my".
And when, the app on phone start sync, added again on album "camera" and continu existing on "my".

When move the photo from one album to other, the photo normally don't to do added again on original "album" because it's moved to other. Or i'm wrong?

Thank you

@ricain59 commented on GitHub (Dec 3, 2025): On my case, i don't delete the file, move the from one album "camera" to other album "my". And when, the app on phone start sync, added again on album "camera" and continu existing on "my". When move the photo from one album to other, the photo normally don't to do added again on original "album" because it's moved to other. Or i'm wrong? Thank you
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Reference: immich-app/immich#7981