Do date changes in Google Photos sync to a partner’s saved copy?
Asked 1/16/2023
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I shared scanned photos through Google Photos partner sharing. Some images initially had incorrect dates, and my partner used the Save button to add those photos to their own Google Photos library. Afterward, I corrected the dates in my library, but the updated dates did not appear on the copies saved in the other account. Is there any way to force those metadata/date changes to propagate to the partner’s saved versions?
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Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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AFAIK you can't make these changes to populate. These images are not linked objects, they are independent.
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Originally by user34947. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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No. Once the other person uses Save in Google Photos, those photos are effectively independent copies in their library rather than live-linked items. Changes you make later—such as correcting the date—generally won’t propagate to their saved versions. In practice, you don’t have control over metadata updates after someone has saved the shared image to their own account. If the corrected dates matter, the other account will likely need to remove those saved copies and re-save or manually edit them there.
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