
To delete multiple photos and videos at once, open an album and tap Select at the top right of the screen.

To delete photos and videos one by one, tap on a thumbnail of an image to see it full screen, and then tap the small trash can icon in the lower-right of your iPhone. To delete the photos and videos that you don't want anymore, tap the Photos app and select an album that includes images you want to delete (such as Camera Roll). The other end of the drive is a full-size USB port, which can be plugged into a PC or Mac. You can leave this doohickey inserted in an iOS device and take photos or videos directly onto the drive, so it bypasses internal storage altogether. You can select what gets backed-up, if you prefer, or back-up all photos and videos.

Now drag and drop (or cut and paste) them onto your computer or an external drive.Ī third (and super easy) way is to use a product like the Kingston Bolt (from $60), which plugs into the Lightning connector of an iPhone or iPad, and automatically backs-up your photos and videos for you.

They may be in subfolders, but they’ll all be here. Connect the iOS device to a computer via its USB port, and in Windows Explorer (for Windows) or Finder (on a Mac), click the drive letter of your phone or tablet (such as D: or E:), and enter the folder called DCIM, which holds all your captured images. If you have a healthy data plan, you can also have all captured photos automatically saved to a cloud account, as soon as you take them.Īnother suggestion is to manually copy over photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to a PC or Mac. Personally, I use Microsoft OneDrive, as it offers 1 terabyte of storage (more than 1,000GB) as part of the annual Office 365 Personal subscription ($69/year). This might be enough for you, but there’s always an option to pay for more, if need be.

One option is to upload images to iCloud, or another cloud provider, where you typically get 5 gigabytes of remote storage for free. Before we cover how to delete your images to free up more room on iPhone or iPad, there are a few ways to first back-up your photos and videos.
