Photos taking up 126gb/128gb

My phone has 128gb of storage and my photos take up 127.37gb. At one point i had 130gb of photos, I don’t even have that many photos because I know others who have more photos than me. I’ve checked and my photos have been on saving and low HD. Please help because even if I try, I cannot clear up space. 😢😭

iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Apr 15, 2024 11:29 PM

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Jul 8, 2024 7:02 AM in response to sunnyslay

Your iPhone can not sync the photos to iCloud, because there is not enough free space on your device.

Can you copy photos from your iPhone to your computer, to have at least the current photos at a safe place?

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support


After that delete some of the photos, to gain more free space, so that the iPhone can start to work correctly again.

Jul 7, 2024 11:06 PM in response to Ingo2711

I have just cleared my recently deleted but my photos still take a great amount of storage. Though, i’m scared to force restart because many of my photos aren’t backed up. What confuses me is I have roughly 8’900 altogether and my phone says 8,800~ are paused on backing up. Wouldn’t this mean i’m only supposed to have 100 photos or what because this does not seem right. PLEASE HELP URGENT!!!!!

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Photos taking up 126gb/128gb

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