[Feature] Consistent "Delete from device" functionality in Albums and Search

[Finn5454]

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The feature

Hey Immich Team,

I'm submitting a feature request to address some inconsistencies in the "Delete from device" functionality across different views in the mobile app.

Current Behavior:
Main Timeline: Works perfectly. I can select one or multiple photos and the "Delete from device" option is available.

Search Results: Partially works. If I open a single photo from the search results, I can delete it from my device. However, if I select multiple photos from the search results grid, the "Delete from device" option is missing.

Album View: Doesn't work at all. The "Delete from device" option is missing, both when opening a single photo from within an album and when selecting multiple photos in the album grid.

Requested Behavior:
I would like the "Delete from device" functionality to be consistent across all views. Specifically:

The option should be available when selecting one or multiple photos within an Album.

The option should be available when selecting multiple photos from Search results.

Use Case / Why it's important:
This inconsistency currently forces an inefficient workflow. My goal is often to clear photos from my phone in bulk after they are backed up and organized.

Album Use Case: After creating an album for an event, the most intuitive next step is to clear those photos from my phone's storage. Right now, this is impossible to do from the album view, even one photo at a time. I have to go back to the main timeline and manually find and re-select every photo.

Search Use Case: Similarly, if I search for "dogs" to clear all those photos, I can only do it one by one, which is impractical for dozens or hundreds of pictures.

Making this feature consistently available for both single and bulk selections across the Timeline, Search, and Albums would create a much more seamless and powerful user experience. It would allow users to find, organize, and then immediately clean up their device storage within a single, logical workflow.

Thank you for your hard work and for considering this improvement

Platform

• Server
• Web
• Mobile

[thedioxider]

I really need this too! Sometimes I need to delete some category of assets from my device (e.g. videos from a recent concert, memes, outdated screenshots). But they are usually scattered throughout the timeline and the storage of the device. So the most convenient way would be to choose them in Immich album, where they are already categorized, and delete them from the device there.

[VitasLoWang]

the most often use case for most people is probably do search / videos and delete a bunch of videos from some event like concert, because videos take the most space. So that button is definitelly needed there

[carlosjfcasero]

I would add archived assets to the use case, where the "delete from device" button doesn't appear either. Besides, this was working as requested a few versions ago but at some point it broke

[bo0tzz]

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