Q: Can not free up storage space after deleting all photo

I have a iPhone5 with ios8.1. I deleted all photo and videos in my photo library to free up space. however, in usage it still shows the photo library used more than 6gb space. in "about" page of setting, it shows 800 photos and 70 videos in my iPhone. but I cannot find any photo in photo library, and not from iTunes or iPhoto by connecting to MAC. it bother me for a few weeks. does anyone have a solution?

Thanks

Ann

iPhone 5, iOS 8.1.1

Posted on Nov 23, 2014 6:30 PM

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by Maquina de Karaoke,

Maquina de Karaoke Jun 1, 2016 1:32 AM in response to WePhoneMA
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Jun 1, 2016 1:32 AM in response to WePhoneMA

Hello WePhoneMA sure to also delete the folder " deleted " the phone still leaves another 15 photographs dais more on that site.
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by CymruArgie,

CymruArgie Jun 4, 2016 5:23 PM in response to WePhoneMA
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Jun 4, 2016 5:23 PM in response to WePhoneMA

Before I migrated from many years on PC to the MAC environment I was led to believe that it was all about "IT JUST WORKS". I guess that's in another galaxy. Apple's motto should be changed to "WHY SHOULD WE MAKE IT EASY IF WE CAN MAKE IT COMPLICATED?"
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by Lawrence Finch,

Lawrence Finch Jun 5, 2016 4:55 AM in response to CymruArgie
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Jun 5, 2016 4:55 AM in response to CymruArgie

I know this is going to shock you beyond belief, but even Apple software sometimes has bugs. This one was fixed 2 years ago, but the after effects of it still need to be dealt with.
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by Rizdundalk,

Rizdundalk Aug 4, 2016 2:57 PM in response to Lawrence Finch
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Aug 4, 2016 2:57 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you !!! Worked perfectly
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by k148,

k148 Aug 5, 2016 10:07 AM in response to Lawrence Finch
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Aug 5, 2016 10:07 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thanks! This was really helpful!
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by pomme terrible,

pomme terrible Sep 22, 2016 10:42 AM in response to WePhoneMA
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Sep 22, 2016 10:42 AM in response to WePhoneMA

UPGRADE iOS! Upgrading to iOS 10 (from 9) solved the issue for me.
After I upgraded my 5S to iOS10.0.1, I opened Photos. In the Albums view, it said "restoring", with the busy circle icon going round and round. During this process, the number of items in the Recently Deleted album steadily increased until I was back to the 1683 items that I had previously nixed. Again, I permanently deleted these items from the Recently Deleted album. And voila, the available storage went from almost nothing to 6.8 GB.
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