See what takes up space in your photo library

When your iPhone warns that storage is almost full, the Storage screen in Settings tells you that Photos is big. It doesn’t tell you what inside Photos is big.

Photo Cleaner splits your library by type, with a real total for each. Most people find that a handful of videos take more space than thousands of photos, and that screenshots quietly add up too.

What the overview shows

• Library total: the size of every photo and video on the device, measured item by item.
• Videos, photos, Live Photos and screenshots: each with its own share of the total, in a ring and a list.
• Free space: what’s left on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, so you know how much you need to clear.
• Library rows: all items, photos, videos, screenshots, items with a location, favorites and albums, each with its count and size.
• Suggestions: how much your largest videos use, how many look-alike sets and blurry shots were found, and how many new items are waiting for review.

From numbers to action

Every number links to the items behind it. Tap Videos to see them largest first, tap Screenshots to see years of them in one grid, or follow a suggestion straight to the look-alike sets worth clearing. You see the size of what you select before anything is deleted.

Measured on your device

Sizes come from the Photos framework on your device. Nothing is uploaded and there’s no account. On a large library the first measurement takes a little while; after that, only new items need measuring.

A good first pass

1. Start with the largest videos: few decisions, most space.
2. Clear look-alike sets with Keep Best.
3. Remove old screenshots you no longer need.
4. Empty Recently Deleted in the Photos app if you need the space right away.