After deleting a photo or video in Google Photos, users may now get less time to get it back. Google is preparing to change its Bin i.e. Trash policy. Under this, the time limit for recovering deleted photos and videos can be reduced from the current 60 days to 30 days.
It has been informed that this change will be implemented from December 5, 2026. Apart from this, a new feature is also being prepared in Google Photos, with the help of which the event posters and announcements present in the photo can be directly added to Google Calendar.
Bin time limit in Google Photos will be 30 days
Google has confirmed that from December 5, 2026, the period for keeping photos and videos in the Bin of Google Photos will change. Currently, backed up photos and videos remain in the Bin for 60 days after deletion. After the implementation of the new policy, this period will reduce to 30 days.
This means that if you accidentally delete a photo or video, you will have half the time to get it back. If you want to keep the deleted file, it will have to be recovered from the Bin within 30 days.
However, this change will not apply to all the files already present in the Bin. According to Google, the old 60-day time limit will remain applicable to photos and videos deleted before December 5.
At the same time, a new rule of 30 days will be applicable for files sent in Bin on or after December 5. After the completion of the stipulated time, these files will be deleted forever and they cannot be recovered from the Bin.
You can add events directly to Calendar from Google Photos
Another new feature is set to come in Google Photos. According to the report of Android Authority, Google is working on ‘Add to calendar’ option in Ask Photos. Hints related to this feature have been found in the APK code of version 8.0 of Google Photos.
With the help of this feature, users will be able to add event posters or announcements saved in their photo library to Google Calendar. For example, if a poster from a concert, meeting, or other event is saved in a photo, Ask Photos can create a Calendar entry by identifying the event’s name, date, time, and description.
According to the report, during testing of the feature, Ask Photos was successful in creating events in Calendar by recognizing information from posters. For this the user will have to give access to the calendar. If permission is not granted during initial setup, you may receive a notification later to enable it.
A link to the original photo can also be given in the calendar entry, so that the user will be able to see the poster again if needed.
However, some irregularities also came to light during testing. According to the report, Ask Photos chose the American time zone despite not knowing the time zone in a poster, due to which the time of the event was recorded incorrectly.
Google has not yet officially announced this feature. Currently, the ‘Add to calendar’ option is under development and its release date has not been revealed.
