How do I see which photos or videos are taking up all the storage space?

My phone says my photos are taking up 30GB of space. But I don't have very many photos, and almost no video. How do I figure out which photos it thinks are taking up all the space? I know in Messages, I can have it show me the largest files; can Photos do that?

iPhone XR

Posted on May 3, 2023 2:02 AM

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Posted on May 3, 2023 5:04 AM

Photos cannot sort the media by the file size. But as you do not have many videos, check the size of each video, as videos tend to have a large file size, if they are not very short clips. You can see the file size and the duration in the Info for the video.

Photos may grow in size, if they have been edited with an external editor. So look at the file size of the photos, that have been edited. You can filter your photos to show only edited items.

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May 3, 2023 5:04 AM in response to Nospam Nospam

Photos cannot sort the media by the file size. But as you do not have many videos, check the size of each video, as videos tend to have a large file size, if they are not very short clips. You can see the file size and the duration in the Info for the video.

Photos may grow in size, if they have been edited with an external editor. So look at the file size of the photos, that have been edited. You can filter your photos to show only edited items.

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How do I see which photos or videos are taking up all the storage space?

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