The simple iPhone hack that could save you time and money

We’ve all been there… too many pictures taking up all the storage on your phone.

And having to go through deleting all the individual snaps you don’t need any more is a painful and time-consuming task.

But iPhone users have realised that there’s a really simple hack that can save you both time and money on more iCloud storage.

Not many iPhone users know they are able to clean up duplicate photos quickly, so here’s how…

One very useful tool Apple have is in the Photos app – and it removes duplicate images; automatically detecting snaps that you may have more than one of

Having too many photos on your Apple device may sometimes mean you’ll need to buy extra iCloud storage on your account to keep up with it all. 

For many people, this is an added expense they don’t want to have. 

In order to avoid this, users may try to delete the hundreds of unwanted images they have stored on their device, but this takes up plenty of time.

One very useful tool Apple have is in the Photos app – and it removes duplicate images. 

This automatically detects snaps that you may have saved more than once, and lets you remove them instantly. 

How to remove duplicate iPhone images 

In order to find this, simply open the Apple Photos app.

Then go to Albums section, and scroll down until you see Duplicates at the bottom. 

Here you’ll find four sections under the Utilities part. 

Click on a special folder called Duplicates, where you will be able to view all the double images you have stored on your device.

You can review each one and tap Merge to clear any duplicate images or videos.

It’s also possible to bulk-merge by tapping Select at the top, then Select All, and then Merge.

Once you have cleared up all the duplicates, the folder will disappear.

It is important to note that in order to do this trick, you’ll need to at least have iOS 16 installed.

If you’ve not got iOS 16, you won’t be able to access this feature.

But if you can upgrade to iOS 16 then you’re fine. Although anyone with a very old iPhone model will miss out.