How can I release Photo Stream storage when there are no photos?

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How can I release Photo Stream storage when there are no photos?

Hi, I have a 2012 iPad. At one point I had over 2,000 pictures on it. I ended up deleting them all, and since only had 7 recent pictures on it.

I just noticed that Camera Roll was using 482 MB of storage on my iPad. I tried deleting the 7 pictures to see if that released that storage memory, but all it did was subtract the 16 MB of my 7 photos and shift the remaining 466 MB to Photo Stream. Photo Stream was, and is disabled.

I've tried resetting Photo Stream on iCloud.com, toggling the Photo Stream function on my iPad, and hard resetting it several times, but I just can't get that memory released.

Is there anything I'm missing?

Thanks.

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Jan 27, 2013 11:57 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 27, 2013 12:09 PM in response to 4Seanbro

If you go on the photos app, click "photo stream" at the took then choose the album "my photo stream". Here, you should be able to delete all the pictures in it to gain some more memory, the photos will be lost for good though.

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Jan 27, 2013 1:08 PM in response to Kizzado0dle

Thanks for responding. Since I did not have Photo Stream enabled, when I open the Photos app, there is no "Photo Stream" at the top. If I enable Photo Stream, I do see "Photo Stream" at the top of the Photos app, but when I select it, it says "No Photos". So there is no album to select.

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Jan 30, 2013 3:50 PM in response to 4Seanbro

Hi, I'm also facing the same issue. almost 1gb of storage consumed by Photo Stream after deleting all photos in my ipad. i did all you did. nothing seems to release it. Any help is appreciated.

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lpisati

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May 18, 2013 4:50 AM in response to 4Seanbro

Same problem here. Reinstall didn't do any good. 837 MB of storage allocated by photo stream. Still there are no phgotos whatsoever in the photostream nor in the iPad. Swipe right to delete doesn't do anything

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Jun 6, 2013 6:37 PM in response to lpisati

Same problem here, ipad 3. I have photo stream turned off, and one picture in the camera roll. Yet the photos app is taking 1.4 GB of space.

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Jul 11, 2013 7:21 PM in response to 4Seanbro

Same problem. Would love to find a fix. Says I have over 3000 photos after deleting all from my ipad. Frustrating. Grrr.

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