How to get back the original edited photo on Samsung phone

On Samsung phones, there is an extremely useful and interesting feature that is to return edited photos to the original photo if the user no longer likes the edited photo. This feature is only available on some Samsung phone models, and is not available on popular photo editing applications today. When we choose the restore original photo mode, all edits applied to the photo will be gone, returning the original photo to you. The following article will guide you to get back the original edited photo on Samsung phones.

Instructions to recover original photos on Samsung phones

Step 1:

First, open the photo album on your Samsung phone, then click on the edited photo you want to restore to the original photo.

Step 2:

In the image viewing interface, click on the edit icon below the interface. Now you will see the image editing interface, we click on the Back button to return the photo to the original photo, before editing.

Step 3:

Then you will see a message confirming whether you want to convert the photo to the original photo, we click on Convert to original to get back the original photo .

Immediately after that you will see the original photo, we just need to press the Save button in the top right corner to save the photo.

Thus, the original unedited photo has been recovered. However, you need to note that only photos edited with the editing tool on Samsung phones can be recovered according to the instructions above.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 26 May 2025