diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/index.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/index.tsx
index 8f16ef2d9..1acffd561 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/index.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/UploadProgress/index.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
-import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { UploadProgressDialog } from "./dialog";
-import { MinimizedUploadProgress } from "./minimized";
-
-import { t } from "i18next";
-
 import { UPLOAD_STAGES } from "constants/upload";
 import UploadProgressContext from "contexts/uploadProgress";
+import { t } from "i18next";
 import { AppContext } from "pages/_app";
-import {
+import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import type {
     InProgressUpload,
     SegregatedFinishedUploads,
     UploadCounter,
     UploadFileNames,
-} from "types/upload/ui";
+} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+import { UploadProgressDialog } from "./dialog";
+import { MinimizedUploadProgress } from "./minimized";
 
 interface Props {
     open: boolean;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
index 228f95f78..bf5b6e11b 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Upload/Uploader.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ import {
     getPublicCollectionUploaderName,
     savePublicCollectionUploaderName,
 } from "services/publicCollectionService";
+import type {
+    FileWithCollection,
+    InProgressUpload,
+    SegregatedFinishedUploads,
+    UploadCounter,
+    UploadFileNames,
+} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
 import uploadManager, {
     setToUploadCollection,
 } from "services/upload/uploadManager";
@@ -33,13 +40,6 @@ import {
     SetLoading,
     UploadTypeSelectorIntent,
 } from "types/gallery";
-import { type FileWithCollection } from "types/upload";
-import {
-    InProgressUpload,
-    SegregatedFinishedUploads,
-    UploadCounter,
-    UploadFileNames,
-} from "types/upload/ui";
 import { getOrCreateAlbum } from "utils/collection";
 import { PublicCollectionGalleryContext } from "utils/publicCollectionGallery";
 import {
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
index faa8e586f..2ff01810f 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/constants/upload.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { ENCRYPTION_CHUNK_SIZE } from "@ente/shared/crypto/constants";
-import { Location } from "types/upload";
+import { Location } from "types/metadata";
 
 // this is the chunk size of the un-encrypted file which is read and encrypted before uploading it as a single part.
 export const MULTIPART_PART_SIZE = 20 * 1024 * 1024;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/contexts/uploadProgress.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/contexts/uploadProgress.tsx
index fe5f733b8..b25df7d65 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/contexts/uploadProgress.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/contexts/uploadProgress.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { UPLOAD_STAGES } from "constants/upload";
 import { createContext } from "react";
-import {
+import type {
     InProgressUpload,
     SegregatedFinishedUploads,
     UploadCounter,
     UploadFileNames,
-} from "types/upload/ui";
+} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
 
 interface UploadProgressContextType {
     open: boolean;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/exif.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/exif.ts
index 56c20a1c2..ef21a03f6 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/exif.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/exif.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { validateAndGetCreationUnixTimeInMicroSeconds } from "@ente/shared/time"
 import { NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
 import exifr from "exifr";
 import piexif from "piexifjs";
-import { Location, type ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/upload";
+import type { Location, ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/metadata";
 
 type ParsedEXIFData = Record<string, any> &
     Partial<{
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
index a89f9cd3d..5f9317299 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/ffmpeg.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
     outputPathPlaceholder,
 } from "constants/ffmpeg";
 import { NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
-import { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/upload";
-import { type DedicatedFFmpegWorker } from "worker/ffmpeg.worker";
+import type { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/metadata";
+import type { DedicatedFFmpegWorker } from "worker/ffmpeg.worker";
 
 /**
  * Generate a thumbnail for the given video using a wasm FFmpeg running in a web
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/locationSearchService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/locationSearchService.ts
index 2aa2b6bac..354c87a71 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/locationSearchService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/locationSearchService.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { LocationTagData } from "types/entity";
-import { Location } from "types/upload";
+import { Location } from "types/metadata";
 
 export interface City {
     city: string;
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/takeout.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/takeout.ts
index aa412c818..5cd16130e 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/takeout.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/takeout.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { ensureElectron } from "@/next/electron";
 import { nameAndExtension } from "@/next/file";
 import log from "@/next/log";
 import { NULL_LOCATION } from "constants/upload";
-import { type Location } from "types/upload";
+import type { Location } from "types/metadata";
 
 export interface ParsedMetadataJSON {
     creationTime: number;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ const parseMetadataJSONText = (text: string) => {
         parsedMetadataJSON.modificationTime =
             metadataJSON["modificationTime"]["timestamp"] * 1000000;
     }
-    let locationData: Location = NULL_LOCATION;
+    let locationData: Location = { ...NULL_LOCATION };
     if (
         metadataJSON["geoData"] &&
         (metadataJSON["geoData"]["latitude"] !== 0.0 ||
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
index 64535517f..0656ee69e 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadManager.ts
@@ -28,18 +28,6 @@ import watcher from "services/watch";
 import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import { EncryptedEnteFile, EnteFile } from "types/file";
 import { SetFiles } from "types/gallery";
-import {
-    FileWithCollection,
-    PublicUploadProps,
-    type LivePhotoAssets,
-} from "types/upload";
-import {
-    FinishedUploads,
-    InProgressUpload,
-    InProgressUploads,
-    ProgressUpdater,
-    SegregatedFinishedUploads,
-} from "types/upload/ui";
 import { decryptFile, getUserOwnedFiles, sortFiles } from "utils/file";
 import { getLocalFiles } from "../fileService";
 import {
@@ -49,9 +37,70 @@ import {
 } from "./takeout";
 import UploadService, { fopFileName, fopSize, uploader } from "./uploadService";
 
+export type FileID = number;
+
+export type PercentageUploaded = number;
+/* localID => fileName */
+export type UploadFileNames = Map<FileID, string>;
+
+export interface UploadCounter {
+    finished: number;
+    total: number;
+}
+
+export interface InProgressUpload {
+    localFileID: FileID;
+    progress: PercentageUploaded;
+}
+
+export interface FinishedUpload {
+    localFileID: FileID;
+    result: UPLOAD_RESULT;
+}
+
+export type InProgressUploads = Map<FileID, PercentageUploaded>;
+
+export type FinishedUploads = Map<FileID, UPLOAD_RESULT>;
+
+export type SegregatedFinishedUploads = Map<UPLOAD_RESULT, FileID[]>;
+
+export interface ProgressUpdater {
+    setPercentComplete: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<number>>;
+    setUploadCounter: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<UploadCounter>>;
+    setUploadStage: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<UPLOAD_STAGES>>;
+    setInProgressUploads: React.Dispatch<
+        React.SetStateAction<InProgressUpload[]>
+    >;
+    setFinishedUploads: React.Dispatch<
+        React.SetStateAction<SegregatedFinishedUploads>
+    >;
+    setUploadFilenames: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<UploadFileNames>>;
+    setHasLivePhotos: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
+    setUploadProgressView: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
+}
+
 /** The number of uploads to process in parallel. */
 const maxConcurrentUploads = 4;
 
+export interface FileWithCollection {
+    localID: number;
+    collectionID: number;
+    isLivePhoto?: boolean;
+    fileOrPath?: File | string;
+    livePhotoAssets?: LivePhotoAssets;
+}
+
+export interface LivePhotoAssets {
+    image: File | string;
+    video: File | string;
+}
+
+export interface PublicUploadProps {
+    token: string;
+    passwordToken: string;
+    accessedThroughSharedURL: boolean;
+}
+
 interface UploadCancelStatus {
     value: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
index e44a3c074..4e0692b9c 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/upload/uploadService.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ import {
 import { addToCollection } from "services/collectionService";
 import { parseImageMetadata } from "services/exif";
 import * as ffmpeg from "services/ffmpeg";
+import {
+    PublicUploadProps,
+    type LivePhotoAssets,
+} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
 import {
     EnteFile,
     MetadataFileAttributes,
@@ -35,11 +39,7 @@ import {
     type FilePublicMagicMetadataProps,
 } from "types/file";
 import { EncryptedMagicMetadata } from "types/magicMetadata";
-import {
-    ParsedExtractedMetadata,
-    PublicUploadProps,
-    type LivePhotoAssets,
-} from "types/upload";
+import type { ParsedExtractedMetadata } from "types/metadata";
 import {
     getNonEmptyMagicMetadataProps,
     updateMagicMetadata,
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts
index be357019b..29f5e2293 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/services/watch.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import type {
 import { ensureString } from "@/utils/ensure";
 import { UPLOAD_RESULT } from "constants/upload";
 import debounce from "debounce";
-import uploadManager from "services/upload/uploadManager";
+import uploadManager, {
+    type FileWithCollection,
+} from "services/upload/uploadManager";
 import { Collection } from "types/collection";
 import { EncryptedEnteFile } from "types/file";
-import { type FileWithCollection } from "types/upload";
 import { groupFilesBasedOnCollectionID } from "utils/file";
 import { isHiddenFile } from "utils/upload";
 import { removeFromCollection } from "./collectionService";
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/entity.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/entity.ts
index 9580bf333..60844ce46 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/entity.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/entity.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Location } from "types/upload";
+import { Location } from "types/metadata";
 
 export enum EntityType {
     LOCATION_TAG = "location",
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/metadata.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7994e6247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/types/metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export interface Location {
+    latitude: number;
+    longitude: number;
+}
+
+export interface ParsedExtractedMetadata {
+    location: Location;
+    creationTime: number;
+    width: number;
+    height: number;
+}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 817a9dc10..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import type { ElectronFile } from "@/next/types/file";
-
-export interface Location {
-    latitude: number;
-    longitude: number;
-}
-
-export interface FileWithCollection {
-    localID: number;
-    collectionID: number;
-    isLivePhoto?: boolean;
-    fileOrPath?: File | string;
-    livePhotoAssets?: LivePhotoAssets;
-}
-
-export interface LivePhotoAssets {
-    image: File | string;
-    video: File | string;
-}
-
-export interface ParsedExtractedMetadata {
-    location: Location;
-    creationTime: number;
-    width: number;
-    height: number;
-}
-
-export interface PublicUploadProps {
-    token: string;
-    passwordToken: string;
-    accessedThroughSharedURL: boolean;
-}
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/ui.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/ui.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bce381213..000000000
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/types/upload/ui.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { UPLOAD_RESULT, UPLOAD_STAGES } from "constants/upload";
-
-export type FileID = number;
-export type FileName = string;
-
-export type PercentageUploaded = number;
-export type UploadFileNames = Map<FileID, FileName>;
-
-export interface UploadCounter {
-    finished: number;
-    total: number;
-}
-
-export interface InProgressUpload {
-    localFileID: FileID;
-    progress: PercentageUploaded;
-}
-
-export interface FinishedUpload {
-    localFileID: FileID;
-    result: UPLOAD_RESULT;
-}
-
-export type InProgressUploads = Map<FileID, PercentageUploaded>;
-
-export type FinishedUploads = Map<FileID, UPLOAD_RESULT>;
-
-export type SegregatedFinishedUploads = Map<UPLOAD_RESULT, FileID[]>;
-
-export interface ProgressUpdater {
-    setPercentComplete: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<number>>;
-    setUploadCounter: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<UploadCounter>>;
-    setUploadStage: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<UPLOAD_STAGES>>;
-    setInProgressUploads: React.Dispatch<
-        React.SetStateAction<InProgressUpload[]>
-    >;
-    setFinishedUploads: React.Dispatch<
-        React.SetStateAction<SegregatedFinishedUploads>
-    >;
-    setUploadFilenames: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<UploadFileNames>>;
-    setHasLivePhotos: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
-    setUploadProgressView: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
-}