VOA慢速英语：已删除照片可能还在你的手机上

Deleted Photos May Still Be on Your Phone

已删除照片可能还在你的手机上

When you remove a photo from your cell phone, it may not be gone for good. That is great news if you accidentally delete an important photo. But it could be a big problem if a photo you wanted to delete is still on your phone.

当您从手机中删除照片时，它可能并未被永久删除。如果你不小心删除了一张重要照片，这是一个好消息。但是如果你想要删除的照片还在手机上，这可能也会成为一个大麻烦。

You may think when you tap the trash can icon to delete a photo, that photo is no longer on your phone. But that may not be true. The photo may stay on your phone for a while to give you a chance to restore it.

你可能以为当你点击垃圾桶图标删除照片时，该照片就不再在你的手机上了。但是事实可能并非如此。该照片可能会在你的手机上保留一段时间，让你有机会恢复它。

So, it is important for you to know what happens to a photo when you send it to the trash.

所以你要知道当你删除照片时会发生什么，这对你来说非常重要。

iPhone and iPad photos app

iPhone和iPad照片应用程序

When you tap the trash can icon on iPhone or iPad, you will see a confirmation. It asks if you want to delete or cancel. When you choose delete a notice tells you the photo will be deleted from all of your devices.

当你点击iPhone或iPad上的垃圾桶图标时，你将会看到一个确认窗口，询问你是要删除还是取消。当你选择删除时，系统会提示你该照片将会从你的所有设备中删除。

Your photo will disappear from view then and there. But it is not truly gone.

你的照片将会当场从视图中消失，但是它并未真正消失。

Instead, the image is sent to the Recently Deleted album in the Photos app where it remains for 30 days. During that time you can return a photo from the Recently Deleted album to your phone. You can also choose to delete it permanently.

相反，该图片被发送到了照片应用程序中的最近删除相簿中并保留30天。在此期间，你可以从最近删除相簿中把照片恢复到你的手机。你还能选择永久删除它。

To find the Recently Deleted album, open the Photos app, then tap Albums in the bottom menu. Swipe to find the Recently Deleted album.

要找到最近删除相簿，点击照片应用程序，然后点击底部菜单中的相簿按钮，滑动即可找到最近删除的相簿。

Tap on the Recently Deleted album to find the photos you have deleted within the past 30 days. On each photo will be a number representing the days left until the photo is deleted permanently.

点击最近删除相簿，找到你最近30天内删除的照片。在每张照片上都有一个数字，代表这张照片被系统永久删除前的剩余时间。

If you decide you want to keep a photo or delete it at that moment, tap Select in the upper right corner of the screen. Then tap the photo you want to keep or delete so a check mark appears.

如果此刻决定要保留或删除照片，点击屏幕右上角的选择按钮，然后点击你想要保留或删除的照片，就会出现选中标记。

Tap Delete or Recover at the bottom of the screen to delete the photo or add it back into the app.

点击底部菜单的删除或恢复按钮来删除照片或是将它恢复到相册应用程序中。

If you choose to delete a photo from the Recently Deleted album, you will be asked to confirm your choice. You will also be warned: "This photo will be deleted. This action cannot be undone."

如果你选择从最近删除相簿中删除照片，系统会要求你确认你的选择。你也将被警告：“这张照片将被删除。此操作不可撤销。”

Google Photos

Google相册

Google Photos keeps deleted photos for 60 days before they are permanently removed from your account. You can restore deleted photos within that time. You can also permanently delete photos if you do not want to wait 60 days for them to disappear.

Google相册在永久移除已删除照片前会保留60天。你可以在该时间内恢复已删除照片。如果你不想等待60天才让这些照片消失，你也可以永久删除照片。

To find photos you have deleted, open the Google Photos app and tap the menu icon in the upper left corner of the screen. The menu will appear.

要找到你已经删除的照片，请打开Google相册，然后点击屏幕左上角的菜单图标，菜单就会出现。

Tap Trash to see the photos you have deleted from Google Photos within the past 60 days.

点击垃圾桶可以查看过去60天内你从Google相册中删除的照片。

Tap the three dots in the upper right corner of the Trash page. You will be given the option of Empty Trash, that will permanently delete photos in Trash from Google Photos. You also have the option to choose photos.

点击垃圾桶页面右上角的三个点号，你就能获得清空垃圾桶的选项，该选项将从Google相册中永久删除照片。你也能看到选择照片的选项。

Choose photos you want to either delete or restore. Then tap the trash can or the circle arrow in the upper right corner of the screen to delete or restore the chosen photos.

选中你想要删除或恢复的照片，然后点击屏幕右上角的垃圾桶或环状箭头图标，从而删除或恢复选中的照片。

If you choose to delete the photos, you will be asked to confirm. You will also get the message, "Deleting items from the trash is permanent."

如果你选择删除照片，系统将会要求你确认。你也将收到提示：“从垃圾桶中删除项目是永久性的。”

Deleting photos from other photo services

从其它相册服务中删除照片

If you use a different app for storing and sharing your photos, check to see whether deleted photos are truly deleted. This information can come in handy whether you accidentally delete a photo or want a photo to disappear.

如果你使用其它应用程序来保存和分享照片，请查看已删除照片是否被真正删除。无论你是不小心删除照片还是希望照片消失，这些信息都迟早有用。

Either do an Internet search or look within the app to see what happens to deleted photos for the photo service you use.

要么在互联网搜索一下，要么检查该应用程序，看看你使用的相册服务中的已删除照片会发生什么。

I'm Caty Weaver.

卡蒂·韦弗报道。