Facebook: Your synced photos will be deleted if you don’t download Moments app!

Yes, Facebook is rolling out yet another change. And this one will really grind your gears!

The social media network has been sending out notifications with the big news that all your auto-synced photos will soon be deleted. Apparently Facebook has decided this is quite the way to convince people to download the Moments app.

This warning was posted on the apps site: "Photos you privately synced from your phone to Facebook will be deleted soon. Earlier this year, they were moved to Moments, a new app from Facebook. The Moments app lets you organize and privately share photos from your phone, and download or delete photos you've synced to Facebook. Moments is available for download in the App Store and the Google Play Store." 

So basically, your synced Facebook pictures are all on the Moments app, and all you have to do to save them from deletion is to download the app.

Anyone who’s used Facebook’s auto sync in the past – you have until July 7^th to save your precious snaps. Or if you don’t want to clog up your smartphone with ANOTHER Facebook app, don’t worry you also have the option to download your pictures and save them on your computer.

Let’s make this clear: All of your photos will not suddenly be deleted if you don’t take action, only the photos inside the “Synced” or “Synched from Phone” albums.

It all seems a bit shameless what Facebook is doing here, but if you have thousands of synced selfies, you may want to consider the download.

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