Guides
How to get space back on an iPhone full of photos, with the tools iOS already has and where Gleam saves you the scrolling.
- iPhone Storage Full? How to Free Up Space from PhotosPhotos and videos are usually the biggest thing on a full iPhone. Where the space goes, and how to get gigabytes back without losing what matters.
- How to Clean Up Your Camera Roll (and Keep It Clean)A practical order for clearing thousands of photos, the rules that make each decision quick, and how to stop the camera roll filling up again.
- How to Delete Duplicate Photos on iPhoneUse the Photos app's built-in Duplicates album for exact copies, then deal with the bursts and retakes it can't see.
- How to Find and Delete Blurry Photos on iPhoneiOS has no blurry-photo album. How to find the blurry shots in a big library, why motion blur is harder to spot, and how to take fewer of them.
- How to Delete Old Screenshots on iPhoneScreenshots pile up faster than any other kind of photo. How to clear thousands at once, find the ones worth keeping, and stop saving the rest.
- How to Make Videos Smaller on iPhone Without Deleting ThemVideos are usually the biggest files on an iPhone. How to find the large ones, shrink them to a smaller copy, and record smaller videos from now on.
- Do Live Photos Take Up More Space? How to Turn Them OffEvery Live Photo saves a short video with the still. How much space that costs, how to turn Live Photos off for good, and what to do with the ones you already have.
- How to Delete Photos from iPhone but Not iCloudWith iCloud Photos on, deleting a photo on your iPhone deletes it everywhere. Your real options for keeping photos in iCloud while freeing space on the phone.
- How to Recover Deleted Photos on iPhoneDeleted photos wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days. How to get them back, how to empty the album when you need the space, and what to try after the 30 days.