An independent, local review tool for Google Photos™. Swipe to mark or keep, then confirm before anything moves to Trash.
Users
11
+5 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
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Store rank
#198K
#166K among extensions
Version
2.4.0
updated 25 Sep 2026
Users
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Latest, 21 Oct 2026:11 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
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Latest, 21 Oct 2026:0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About FolioPause
FolioPause adds a card-based review flow to Google Photos™, running entirely in
your own browser.
Swipe left to mark a photo for deletion, right to keep it. Nothing is deleted
while you swipe. Marked photos collect in a review list, and only when you open
that list and confirm does FolioPause move them — to Google's Trash, where they
remain recoverable for 60 days.
WHAT IT DOES
- Swipe, or use the arrow keys, to sort through a large library quickly
- Undo any decision, one at a time or all at once
- A review reminder every 100 photos, plus a Review button that is always available
- Scoreboard showing reviewed, kept, pending and moved-to-trash counts
- Dry Run mode to rehearse the whole flow without touching anything
- Export a JSON log of every deletion
- Available in English, Turkish, German, Spanish and Italian
PRIVACY
No server, no analytics, no advertising, no account system, no API key. Your
photos and your decisions never reach the developer. Decisions, settings and the
deletion log are stored locally in your browser. Network traffic goes only to
Google Photos and Google-hosted media endpoints, using the session you are
already signed in to.
PERMISSIONS
FolioPause runs only on photos.google.com. The activeTab permission is used
solely so the toolbar button can reopen the interface in your current tab.
OPEN SOURCE
Source: https://github.com/efeshinkawa/foliopause — MIT licensed.
IMPORTANT
Google's official Photos Library API cannot list a whole library or move items
to Trash, so FolioPause uses the same undocumented, same-origin interfaces the
Google Photos website itself uses, from your own signed-in session. Google may
change these without notice, and this use may conflict with Google's Terms of
Service, which permit Google to suspend accounts for material breaches. Use Dry
Run first, keep backups, and verify your Trash. You accept this risk when you
use FolioPause.
Google Photos is a trademark of Google LLC. FolioPause is an independent project
and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Google.
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