Delete photos on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on

Acquire how to delete photos and videos that you don't want, or get them back if you accidentally delete them.

Before you lot delete

Delete photos or videos

When you delete photos and videos, they go to your Recently Deleted anthology for 30 days. After 30 days, they'll be permanently deleted.

If yous utilise iCloud Photos, and delete photos and videos from one device, the photos and videos volition be deleted on your other devices.

If you lot add photos to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch past connecting your device to your figurer, you lot tin't delete them straight from your device in the Photos app. If you come across the gray Trash button when yous try to delete a photo from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod affect, you might need to stop syncing photos from your computer. Learn how to terminate syncing photos from your estimator.

How to delete a single photo

iPhone showing Delete Photo option

  1. Open Photos.
  2. From the Library tab, tap All Photos and select the photograph or video that you lot desire to delete.
  3. Tap the Trash push, then tap Delete Photo.

How to delete multiple photos

iPhone showing multiple photos selected in the Photos app

  1. Open Photos.
  2. From the Library tab, tap All Photos, and then tap Select.
  3. Tap multiple photos, or slide your finger beyond multiple photos to select more than than 1.
  4. Tap the Trash button, and so confirm to delete the items.

Recover deleted photos or videos

If y'all accidentally delete a photo or video, you have 30 days to get it dorsum from your Recently Deleted album. When you recover photos and videos, they go back to your All Photos anthology. Here's how to recover deleted photos or videos:

  1. Open up Photos and tap the Albums tab.
  2. Scroll down, tap the Recently Deleted album, then tap Select.
  3. Tap the photograph or video that you want to go along or tap Recover All.
  4. Tap Recover again to confirm.

If y'all're missing a photo or video, you tin endeavour these steps to find it. Learn what to do if you're missing a photo or video.

Delete photos permanently

If you lot want to permanently delete your photos or videos, you can remove them from the Recently Deleted album. When y'all delete a photograph from this album, you lot can't get information technology back. Hither's how to delete photos permanently:

  1. Open Photos and tap the Albums tab.
  2. Tap the Recently Deleted album, and then tap Select.
  3. Tap the photos or videos that you want to delete or tap Delete All.
  4. Tap Delete again to confirm.

Published Date: