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Hi all, I have an iPhone15 with iOS 26.3. My storage was at 127GB and I deleted videos up to 40+GB. I have restarted my phone several times yet am still unable to see the change in my storage. Thanks a lot for any help!
Are the videos in your Recently Deleted Collection? Please follow the path,
iPhone > Photos > Utilities > Recently Deleted > tap select and select videos to be deleted immediately.
Are the videos in your Recently Deleted Collection? Please follow the path,
iPhone > Photos > Utilities > Recently Deleted > tap select and select videos to be deleted immediately.
So, what’s in recently deleted? Recently Deleted is in Utilities first column, directly below your red circle.
I deleted all videos in ’Videos’ and then deleted from ’Recently deleted’. I do not use any third party app to record.
Where were you keeping the videos? Do you use a third party app to record videos? When an item in Photos app deleted it’s temporarily stored (30 days) in Recently Deleted in Photos app.
OK, this is an uncommon issue. I’ve seen it take 48 to 72 hours for the space to become available. There maybe ways to speed up the process, but sometimes it takes a day or two.
If you want to speed up the process, it may require the use of iCloud storage. How much iCloud storage do you have available?
Please provide a screenshot of your storage.
iPhone > Settings > General > iPhone Storage > screenshot
What iOS are you using?
Please tap the right facing arrow in the Photo section. What do you see?
Thanks, I have checked, and there are 0 items in ’Recently deleted’ folder.
I deleted from my ’Videos-folder’
No items there, I already deleted them from Recently deleted folder
iOS 26.3
Thank you, I still have 1.3TB available in my iCloud storage. Very grateful for advice on how I could speed up the process.
iPhone 15 storage not updating after deleting videos
