Google Photos to change its 'Bin' policy starting December 5; existing deleted photos will remain unaffected..

Users may soon have less time to recover photos or videos after deleting them in Google Photos. Google is preparing to update its 'Bin' (or 'Trash') policy, which could reduce the recovery window for deleted photos and videos from the current 60 days to 30 days.

This change is set to take effect on December 5, 2026. Additionally, a new feature is being developed for Google Photos that will allow users to add event posters and announcements found in photos directly to Google Calendar.
The recovery window in the Google Photos Bin will be 30 days.

Google has confirmed that, starting December 5, 2026, the duration for which photos and videos are kept in the Google Photos Bin will change. Currently, backed-up photos and videos remain in the Bin for 60 days after deletion. Once the new policy is in place, this period will be reduced to 30 days.

This means that if you accidentally delete a photo or video, you will have half the time previously available to recover it. If you wish to keep a deleted file, you must recover it from the Bin within 30 days.

However, this change will not apply to files already present in the Bin. According to Google, the existing 60-day recovery window will continue to apply to photos and videos deleted before December 5.

Conversely, the new 30-day rule will apply to files moved to the Bin on or after December 5. Once this period expires, these files will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered from the Bin.

Add events directly from Google Photos to your Calendar.
Another new feature is in the works for Google Photos. According to a report by Android Authority, Google is developing an "Add to calendar" option within 'Ask Photos'. Hints regarding this feature have been discovered in the APK code for version 8.0 of Google Photos.
With this feature, users will be able to add event posters or announcements saved in their photo library to Google Calendar. For instance, if a user has a poster for a concert, meeting, or any other event saved as a photo, 'Ask Photos' can extract the event name, date, time, and details to create a calendar entry.

According to reports, during testing, 'Ask Photos' successfully identified information from posters and created corresponding calendar events. To enable this, users must grant the app access to their calendar. If permission is not granted during the initial setup, the user may receive a notification later, prompting them to enable it.

The calendar entry may also include a link to the original photo, allowing the user to refer back to the poster whenever needed.

However, some issues were encountered during testing. Reports indicate that in one instance, 'Ask Photos' incorrectly assigned a U.S. time zone to an event—even though the poster contained no time zone information—resulting in an inaccurate event time.

Google has not yet officially announced this feature. Currently, the 'Add to calendar' option is still in development, and no release date has been specified.

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