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Photos taking up 30 gigabytes despite being deleted.

I’ve deleted over 4000 photos from my phone two days ago, and yes I deleted the recently deleted section of photos as well. I can confirm I have fewer than 500 photos and almost no extra long videos on my phone, nothing that justifies the exorbitant amount of storage occupied.

Despite this, in settings my iphone shows the Photos app is taking up 32 GIGABYTES of space. I need this space back as soon as possible as my iPhone is nearly at storage capacity.

I do not wish to buy extra storage. I want the storage photos is taking up back.

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 12:30 AM

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SravanKrA

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Level 10

413,962 points

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 12:37 AM

Probably you have synced these Photos from your Mac/PC though iTunes. Un-sync then they be gone.

Un-Sync photos to your device

Connect your device to your Mac.
You can connect your device using a USB or USB-C cable or using a Wi-Fi connection. To turn on Wi-Fi syncing, see Sync content between your Mac and iPhone or iPad over Wi-Fi.
In the Finder on your Mac, select the device in the Finder sidebar.
Select Photos in the button bar.
Note: When iCloud Photos is turned on, no photo syncing options appear when you select Photos in the button bar.
Select “Sync Photos to your device from” tickbox, then choose Photos, Pictures or a folder from the pop-up menu.
Uncheck Sync photos
Click on Apply / Sync

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Photos taking up 30 gigabytes despite being deleted.

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