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My photos has 36 GB and I cant find out how to get less.

My storage is so high and my photos had 36 GB and don’t know how to make it lower.

iPhone 12, iOS 16

Posted on Nov 14, 2022 2:07 PM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2022 2:18 PM

Do you agree with that 36GB of storage for Photos? Do you have about 5 - 10 thousand photos / videos on your iPhone?

If you agree with 36GB fo space attributed to the photos on your iPhone, then you can reduce the used up storage space by:

Deleting the Photos/Videos that you do not need to keep OR
👉 Exporting the photos from your iPhone to a computer OR
By purchasing 👉 iCloud Storage from Apple where you create and save your iPhone backups and synch (Not Store) your Messages, Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Notes and Reminders. Note that iCloud Storage is NOT an extension of storage capacity of your iPhone. You can choose to Optimize Storage on your iPhone for all the Photos. What this action will do is store your original quality photos on iCloud and a small size photo on your iPhone. This takes up less space on your iPhone while maintaining the actual size on iCloud. This will free up space on your iPhone while making good use of iCloud. If you would like to try this then open Settings ➡️ Photos ▶️ Optimize iPhone Storage : Ensure that this option is chosen and has a checkmark on it.

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