Photos and videos
In iPhone Storage settings, the space used by your photo library appears under Photos. Reviewing the library can help you keep only the items you still want.
Free up iPhone photo storage
Review the photos using space on your iPhone.
Photos and videos can take up a substantial amount of space on your iPhone. PicVore helps you review your photo library, estimate the space used by selected items, and decide what to remove.
Understanding photo storage
How do photos affect available space on an iPhone?
Apps, messages, and system data
PicVore focuses on the photo library. It does not manage or remove apps, messages, system data, caches, or other content outside your photo library.
More ways to review
Choose a starting point that fits the photos in front of you.
Swipe or use the gallery
Review one item at a time with swipe controls, or switch to a grid where you can select several items to keep or move to Trash.
Review photos by place
Photos with location metadata can appear in groups on an interactive map. Open a place to review only the photos in that group.
Open a focused category
Start from a date or album, or open Screenshots, Portrait Photos, or Large Videos instead of searching the full library.
Start with the photo library
A more considered way to manage photo storage.
Review extra photos
Swipe through screenshots, repeated shots, or other photos you no longer want in your library.
Compare similar shots
Group visually similar photos and near-duplicates before deciding which ones to keep.
Check an estimate first
See an estimate of how much space the selected items use before confirming removal.
Stay in control
Review your selections before removing anything.
PicVore keeps selected items in its own Trash so you can review them first. After you confirm removal, iOS and iCloud Photos settings can affect when storage becomes available.
- Nothing is selected without your action
- Restore items before confirming in PicVore
- Actual storage changes can vary by device and settings
Photo-library areas worth reviewing
- Old screenshots
- Repeated travel and event shots
- Visually similar photos
- Large cleanup backlogs
Questions about iPhone photo storage
Can deleting photos free iPhone storage?
In iPhone Storage settings, the space used by your photo library appears under Photos. Reviewing the library can help you keep only the items you still want. PicVore keeps selected items in its own Trash so you can review them first. After you confirm removal, iOS and iCloud Photos settings can affect when storage becomes available.
Does PicVore estimate how much space selected items use?
See an estimate of how much space the selected items use before confirming removal.
Does PicVore clean all iPhone storage?
PicVore focuses on the photo library. It does not manage or remove apps, messages, system data, caches, or other content outside your photo library.
Free download with optional Pro subscription
PicVore can be downloaded free of charge and includes daily limits. Optional weekly and annual auto-renewable Pro subscriptions include Unlimited Photo Review and remove those limits. Availability, prices, trial eligibility, renewal, and cancellation terms are shown in the app before purchase and may vary by country.
PicVore focuses on photos, not your whole iPhone.
PicVore focuses on the photo library. It does not manage or remove apps, messages, system data, caches, or other content outside your photo library.
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