iPhone photos taking up too much storage space
Photos pile up fast and each one takes a lot of space, especially if you take a lot of videos. The easiest fix is to delete old photos, turn on iCloud Photos to back them up in the cloud, and set your iPhone to store smaller versions locally. We'll show you how to find the biggest space hogs first.
Your photos are taking up so much space because iPhones store full-resolution copies of every shot, plus duplicates, blurry ones, and videos add up fast. Once you clean out the old stuff you don't want, you can set up iCloud Photos to keep your favorites backed up but free up space on your phone by storing smaller versions.
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Skip — I just want a technicianCommon mistakes to avoid
- Turning on iCloud Photos but not choosing Optimize iPhone Storage. this makes it back up to the cloud but doesn't free up space on your phone
- Deleting all your photos thinking they're gone forever. they're safe in Recently Deleted for 30 days if iCloud Photos is on, so you can recover them
Signs you need professional help
- If your storage is still full after deleting photos and enabling iCloud Photos, or if iCloud Photos keeps turning itself off, give us a call and we can check what else is taking up space.
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