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title: How do I stop SiteMarker from saving photos to my phone?
description: Turn off Save photos to device in SiteMarker settings to stop photos taken in the app from saving to your phone's photo library.
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# How do I stop SiteMarker from saving photos to my phone?
## Choose whether photos you take in SiteMarker also get saved to your phone's photo library.
### How it works
The first time you take a photo in the SiteMarker mobile app, your phone asks for permission to save photos to your photo library. If you allow it, every photo you take in SiteMarker from then on is also saved to your phone's gallery.
A phone update or reinstalling the app can bring that permission prompt back, so photos can start showing up in your gallery even if they didn't before.
### Turn off saving photos to your phone
1. Tap the menu icon in the top left and tap **Settings**.
2. Under **In the Field**, switch off **Save photos to device**.
To start saving photos to your phone again, switch it back on.
### Good to know
- Photos you take are always saved to your SiteMarker project, whether or not this setting is on.
- Turning this off only affects new photos. Photos already in your gallery stay there until you delete them.
- If you turn off Photos access in your phone's settings, you also won't be able to add existing photos from your library to SiteMarker.
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