I deleted all my photos but they are still taking up space

Thank you thank thank you txforever!!!! This problem has been plaguing me for months!

I never knew you could do this and I've just done it for my dad and its cleared up all his space! Thank you so much!

You rock. This worked. Not sure how many months back one has to go. I randomly reset the date so that my phone thought it was three months ago. For those who don't know, your phone's date and time setting are probably on automatic. You have to turn that off and then set the date.

You might also check Messages app, where photo attachments can be hiding. For each thread, tap Details, scroll down to the attachments, long tap (tap-and-hold) one of them, tap More… in the edit menu, then you can choose photos and delete them.

Thanks! This worked for me.

Thank you Riba, nothing worked until I tried iExplorer. 🙂

When you delete a photo from your iPad Air it only transfers it to the "Recently Deleted" album, rather than removing from the device so that the photo is recoverable - in case you deleted by accident.

Photos are automatically purged from the recently deleted folder after 30 days.

If you need to instantly purge deleted photos to free up space just go to the "Photos" App. Select Albums on the bottom of the screen and open the Recently Deleted Album. You should now be able to "Delete All".

These photos are no longer recoverable so make sure that you have copied them to your master library or definitely don't want them anymore.

It should not be necessary to change any dates or reset your device. It can however take a bit of time to actually delete a large number of items, so give it 5 minutes before checking your storage again. I wouldn't recommend re-booting the device while the deletion is still being processed - although I haven't heard of any issues from this.

Thank you so much!!!!

thnx dude. Finally got my freed up space for my phone. Thanks again with regards Extremeyumnam