Apple Photos App Taking Up So Much Space

I have about 15 photos, 4 videos, 2 screen recordings, and 15 screenshots, yet for some reason the photos app is taking up 3.74GB. Originally I had close to 100 photos, 50 videos, 2 screen recordings, and 75-100 screenshots but the photos app was only taking up 2.86GB. I have deleted a bunch of photos and videos, I have made sure no photos or videos were in my recently deleted album. Nothing was in the hidden album, I have optimize photo storage or whatever it’s called, I’ve hard restarted my phone, I do have a lot of photos in my files app but they are deleted off my phone. I don’t want to have to factory restart my phone so does anyone have any suggestions to help.

iPhone SE, iOS 17

Posted on Oct 8, 2023 6:24 PM

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Posted on Oct 9, 2023 3:36 PM

Hi Phonegeek47,


To best resolve this, reach out to Apple Support directly so they can look into this with you further. They can be contacted here: Get Support or by calling the most applicable phone number from this list: Contact Apple for support and service.


Regards.

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Oct 9, 2023 3:36 PM in response to Phonegeek47

Hi Phonegeek47,


To best resolve this, reach out to Apple Support directly so they can look into this with you further. They can be contacted here: Get Support or by calling the most applicable phone number from this list: Contact Apple for support and service.


Regards.

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