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Command-line utility for working with Google Drive. Join the mailing list at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/skicka-users.
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Remove all photos #103

Closed maauso closed 8 years ago

maauso commented 8 years ago

Hi

Is it possible use skicka for remove all my google photos?

thanks

mmp commented 8 years ago

I've dug into this a bit. In general, when an app uses Google Drive for storage but creates hidden app-specific files (as Google Photos does), then it seems that it's not possible for anything other than the app that created those files to see them (see e.g. http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/73940/how-can-i-see-hidden-files-in-google-drive).

However, if you look at the instructions under "Organize photos and videos using Google Drive" at https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6156103?hl=en, it seems that there is a way to make your photos visible in a folder in Drive, which presumably could be managed (or deleted) by skicka.

Now, I'm not sure if that folder would mirror your photos, or if deleting it would also delete the photos. If you try this, let me know how it goes!

maauso commented 8 years ago

Hi Matt

Thanks for your reply, I tried remove photos through google drive, but this folder is not listing with skicka, so you can't remove.

Personally, I think that it's a problem, because it easy upload your photos, but it's hard if you want leave the service

Thanks

El mié., 30 mar. 2016 a las 16:05, Matt Pharr (notifications@github.com) escribió:

I've dug into this a bit. In general, when an app uses Google Drive for storage but creates hidden app-specific files (as Google Photos does), then it seems that it's not possible for anything other than the app that created those files to see them (see e.g. http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/73940/how-can-i-see-hidden-files-in-google-drive ).

However, if you look at the instructions under "Organize photos and videos using Google Drive" at https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6156103?hl=en, it seems that there is a way to make your photos visible in a folder in Drive, which presumably could be managed (or deleted) by skicka.

Now, I'm not sure if that folder would mirror your photos, or if deleting it would also delete the photos. If you try this, let me know how it goes!

— You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/google/skicka/issues/103#issuecomment-203447004

mmp commented 8 years ago

If you want to download all of your photos, https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout should make that fairly easy.

maauso commented 8 years ago

Yes, it's true, but the main problem is if you want remove all photos, you don't have easy way to do it

El mié., 30 mar. 2016 a las 18:09, Matt Pharr (notifications@github.com) escribió:

If you want to download all of your photos, https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout should make that fairly easy.

— You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/google/skicka/issues/103#issuecomment-203506306

mmp commented 8 years ago

Closing since this isn't anything skicka can help with, unfortunately.