iPhone Wallpaper Limit Reached

when i delete the walpaper and it says its deleted and i try to go add a new one, it says “walpaper limit reached” regardless of me deleting empty black screen wallpapers. What to do? Because i’ve tried everything and im clueless to what the issue is.

How do u take of walpappers limit reached

How can I delete wallpaper limited reach so I can make new wallpaper

If you press and hold on the iPhone lock screen rather than swiping up to unlock, you will get some controls that allow adding wallpapers and customizing wallpapers. If you have any little people or other gremlins around, they may well have contributed additional wallpapers to your collection, and you'll want to review and delete those.

To delete the wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the wallpaper to get into the customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion.

Deletion is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers in Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that, at least as far as in iOS 16.5.

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Riley1512 wrote:

when i delete the walpaper and it says its deleted and i try to go add a new one, it says “walpaper limit reached” regardless of me deleting empty black screen wallpapers. What to do? Because i’ve tried everything and im clueless to what the issue is.

Delete a few more, then force-restart the iPhone, and try again.

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

If that fails, you’re probably headed for a backup, factory reset, and restore. Which will also get you iOS 17, if your iPhone supports that.

Trixiepooh64 wrote:

i Have iPhone SE how can I get wallpaper limited reached off my phone

To delete the wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the wallpaper to get into the customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion.

Deletion is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers in Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that, at least as far as in iOS 16.5.

wadah240 wrote:

How I can’t delete wallpaper

Hello, and welcome to the thread.

To delete some of the existing wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the current wallpaper to get into the wallpaper customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion of the selected wallpaper.

Deletion of an existing wallpaper is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers within Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that. Not at least as recently as iOS 17.5.1.

If that is not working, what happens when you try? (You might be headed for a backup, factory reset, and restore, too.)

Ilovemy222cats wrote:

How can I delete wallpaper limited reach so I can make new wallpaper

Hello, and welcome to the thread.

To delete some of the existing wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the current wallpaper to get into the wallpaper customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion of the selected wallpaper.

Deletion of an existing wallpaper is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers within Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that. Not at least as recently as iOS 17.6. (Yeah, haven’t loaded 17.6.1 quite yet.)

If that is not working, what happens when you try? (You might be headed for a backup, factory reset, and restore, too.)

Szabado wrote:

It’s impossible to delete them can anyone tell me please ???🙏Please

Hello, and welcome to the thread.

To delete some of the existing wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the current wallpaper to get into the wallpaper customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion of the selected wallpaper.

Deletion of an existing wallpaper is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers within Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that. Not at least as recently as iOS 17.6.1. (Yeah, haven’t loaded 17.7 or iOS 18 quite yet.)

If that is not working, what happens when you try? (You might be headed for a backup, factory reset, and restore, too.)

Trixiepooh64 wrote:

How can I delete wallpaper limited reach so I can make new wallpaper

To delete the wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the wallpaper to get into the customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion.

Deletion is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers in Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that, at least as far as in iOS 16.5.

dinisha160 wrote:

How do u take of walpappers limit reached

To delete the wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the wallpaper to get into the customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion.

Deletion is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers in Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that, at least as far as in iOS 16.6.

ashasarah wrote:

yes help

To delete the wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the wallpaper to get into the customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion.

Deletion is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers in Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that, at least as far as in iOS 16.6.1.

jmeier26 wrote:

Delete all my wallpaper on

To delete the wallpapers—and there may be an easier way—tap the sleep button to go back to the login screen, long press on the wallpaper to get into the customization mechanism, swipe right or left until you get to a wallpaper you don't want, swipe it upwards, and select the trashcan icon that will be shown to confirm the deletion.

Deletion is really well hidden, unfortunately. I'd have expected a way to delete wallpapers in Settings > Wallpaper, but there does not seem to be a way to do that, at least in iOS 16, and recently including in iOS 17.2.1.