Missing “select all” option in recently deleted setting.

i want to give a suggestion to Apple regarding iPhone setting. I didn’t find where to do this so randomly chose this forum.

the suggestion is when we want to delete photos in “utilities”

section, in “recently deleted” folder, there is no any “select all” option, though there is “delete all” but it’s confusing and for too many photos, I think users may want to select all in “select” option as it is just like a habit, but that part is missing in my experience. Thank you.

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Aug 26, 2026 11:12 AM

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Aug 26, 2026 11:28 AM in response to sanjaya258

i want to give a suggestion to Apple regarding iPhone setting. I didn’t find where to do this so randomly chose this forum.

the suggestion is when we want to delete photos in “utilities”

section, in “recently deleted” folder, there is no any “select all” option, though there is “delete all” but it’s confusing and for too many photos, I think users may want to select all in “select” option as it is just like a habit, but that part is missing in my experience. Simply putting, there is “select” option and users can select the photos they want to delete. After that, when they look for an Option, there is “delete”, that good. But there should also be “select all” options clearly visible, (before existing “delete all”) as people may get confused by not finding “select all” option after pressing “select” option, after all users have habit of doing so. Before “delete all” there should be a step of selecting all, which, I think, sounds natural and “apple” kind of thing.

Thank you.

Missing “select all” option in recently deleted setting.

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