Why does my storage say my photos app is taking up 11.1 GB when I have no photos or videos

I have all of my photos/videos synced with my google drive, and I have no photos or videos on my device.

Iphone 12, IOS 17.5.1

iPhone SE

Posted on Sep 1, 2024 9:44 AM

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Yer_Man

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Sep 1, 2024 10:01 AM in response to realkobeni

Any chance that Google drive keeps a local copy of the images?

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