How do I remove AAE files

I will share what worked for me:

-Using Windows Explorer (I know this excludes a lot of Macbook people) I was able to navigate to the DCIM/10XApple folder

-Sort files by TYPE

-Delete whatever JPGs you want to remove

-NOW you can delete any associated AAE files.

Trying to delete the AAE files prior to removing the JPG resulted in not being able to navigate the folders or do anything from my machine until I rebooted my phone...

AAE files contain the edits for images that you have edited on the phone. If you get rid of them it will undo the edits. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Metadata_Platform for an explanation of AAE files. See also: What to expect when you import edited photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

If you haven't edited the photos on your iPhone, the AAE files are basically irrelevant, and you can just delete them. If you've edited a photo (e.g. added filters, cropped, etc), then the AAE file for that photo would contain the adjustments, while the JPG would be the original, unedited photo. At this point, there aren't any apps that appear to actually support importing these files.

Alice_Phoebe wrote:

If you haven't edited the photos on your iPhone, the AAE files are basically irrelevant, and you can just delete them. If you've edited a photo (e.g. added filters, cropped, etc), then the AAE file for that photo would contain the adjustments, while the JPG would be the original, unedited photo. At this point, there aren't any apps that appear to actually support importing these files.

If an image has not been edited there will not be an AAE file for it. So each AAE file that exists means that the associated image was edited, or was modified using filters when the photo was taken.

The 2nd link that I posted above explains how to preserve the AAE file's edits.

HI, can any one tell me how to delete aae extension files from iPhone

as I tried to delete but it says cannot delete such files

thanks,

Julesh