Turn off Photo cloud sync and metadata on Samsung One UI 6.1
Cloud backup
Sensitivity 5/5
Default: Varies
Phones / Samsung One UI 6.1 / Photo cloud sync and metadata
Images and videos captured with the camera are uploaded automatically to cloud storage along with embedded location metadata. Server algorithms can index these libraries for objects, locations and human faces.
- Goes to
- Google, Apple, Samsung
- Default
- Varies
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a few seconds
- Needs
- account
How to do it
Open the Gallery app, go to Gallery settings, and turn off Sync with OneDrive.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Photos and videos will remain only on local storage.
What is collected
Image files, video files, exif location metadata, facial recognition data, timestamps.
The service preserves your camera roll against hardware loss and makes photos available across all your screens.
Retention is not stated here. The sensitivity rating is this site's own estimate.