Google Photos Users Report ‘Corrupted’ Old Images — Are There Any Fix?

Google Photos users are reporting that the older images in the libraries have become "corrupted."

While the said issue does not appear to apply to all users, numerous folks have already spoken about the serious problem with the photo-sharing service of Google.

Google Photos Users Report 'Corrupted' Old Images

As per the latest news by Forbes, numerous reports from Google Photos users claim that some of their images on the sharing service have ended up being "corrupted."

Storing photos on flash drives or even SD cards has one huge disadvantage. There is a huge chance that they would get corrupted over time.

Most folks who have already tried doing so are likely to have unfortunately experienced it. In turn, some of them might have completely lost some precious and sentimental snaps.

And as such, some have decided to store their images and files on cloud services to avoid a janky flash drive from ruining their important files.

One of the most popular options to store photos online, especially for Android phone users, is none other than Google Photos. But there are other go-to choices, such as Dropbox and Apple iCloud, to name a few, according to a report by Expert Photography.

But this time, Forbes reports that some users of Google Photos find that some of their precious images have been corrupted.

And it looks like the problem only applies to older photos, which users have uploaded to the photo storage service from a couple of years back. To be more precise, Forbes points out that the images with the "corrupted" issue are uploaded between 2002 and 2015.

The news outlet notes that one of the affected users says that "the issue looks like a water stain with massive discoloration and data loss."

As per the report by 9to5 Google, users experiencing the issue are seeing water damage on various Google Photos platforms, including Apple's iOS, Android, and even the web.

How to Fix Google Photos 'Corrupted' Images

However, it turns out that the mess on Google Photos only affects edited images. On the other hand, the original copy of the edited photos does not seem to be affected by the issue.

Given that, Forbes says in its report that there is still a way to fix the discoloration issue.

To do so, Google Photos users only have to select "download original" to get a copy of the image that does not have any color or what looks like a water stain problem.

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Written by Teejay Boris