Everything on your phone takes less space than pictures and videos. Your collection of photos and videos may be the first to go when your phone runs out of space.

If you need to take a lot of space in a hurry, you can choose to remove certain photos and videos, but you will lose the most space by removing all of your images.

There is a problem. Apple doesn't allow you to remove all of your photos at the same time. To do it, you need to use a trick.

How to delete all the photos on your iPhone at once

This is the first thing. On your phone, open the Photos app.

There are two All your photos can be seen in the library.

The Photos app on iPhone, with the “Library” option highlighted in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Tap "Library" to see all your photos.
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There are three. You can select from the top right corner.

The “Library” screen of the Photos app on iPhone, with the “Select” option highlighted in the top right corner.
Tap "Select."
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There are four. To get to the top of the title bar, you need to lightly tap the bottom photo and then slide all the way to the left. You should put your finger on the clock. It will take a long time if you have a lot of photos on your phone.

There is a list of how many photos are selected in the middle of the title bar.

There are five. The trash bin icon can be found in the bottom right corner of the screen.

The “Library” screen of the Photos app on iPhone, with the trash bin icon highlighted in the bottom right corner.
Tap the trash bin icon in the bottom right corner of the screen.
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There are six. The first thing you need to do is confirm that you want to remove these photos by hitting the button.

A pop-up on iPhone that shows up when you’re deleting photos in the Photos app, with the “Delete [number of items] Items” option highlighted.
Delete the photos you've selected.
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Make sure you disabled iCloud sync for photos if you want to remove photos from your phone but not on the cloud.

How to permanently delete all of your iPhone photos

All of your photos have been moved to the recently deleted folder on your phone. They will be removed from your phone in 30 days if you don't do anything. You have to empty this folder to get rid of them.

This is the first thing. On your phone, open the Photos app.

There are two You can find the albums in the bottom menu.

There are three. tap recently deleted to scroll down to the utilities section

The “Albums” page of the Photos app on iPhone, with the “Recently Deleted” folder highlighted.
Go to the "Recently Deleted" folder in the Photos app.
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There are four. You can select from the top right corner.

The “Recently Deleted” folder of the Photos app on iPhone, with “Select” highlighted in the top right corner.
Tap "Select."
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There are five. In the bottom left corner of the screen, you can click to remove all.

The “Recently Deleted” folder of the Photos app on iPhone, with “Delete” highlighted in the bottom left corner.
Delete all the photos you selected.
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There are six. If you want to permanently remove these photos from your phone, you have to first confirm that you want to.

You can restore photos from here if you accidentally deleted them.

How to delete photos from iCloud

If your photos are piling up and you can't keep up with them, you can get rid of the i Photos on your phone.

For this to work, you need to enable cloud sync for your photos.

How to save your photos even if you delete them

If you want to keep your photos in the cloud and still have access to them on your phone, the good news is that you can.

It is possible to back up your photos and videos online in the background, so you don't have to worry about it. You can do this by installing the cloud storage app of your choice and configuring it to save your photos for you. There are benefits to doing this.

  • You always have immediate access to your iPhone's photos on any device, including your home computer, just by logging into the appropriate cloud service in a web browser.
  • You get an automatic backup of your iPhone's photos.
  • To save storage space, you can delete all of your photos from your iPhone and still be able to browse and view photos and videos via the cloud app.