My iPad mini says I have 1701 photos. I deleted all except maybe a hundred. Ipad still says I have 1701 photos. Where they at. Tried everything. Checked forums and they have same problem. What good is ICloud if they want store data and photos because I need storage. But it says I have 5 Gigabytes free. Help
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- Go to Settings > General > Date & Time
- Untoggle "Set Automatically"
- Manually set the date a year or two in the past
- Open "Photos"
- Select "Albums"
- If, like me, you had already cleared out everything from the Camera Roll and "Recently Deleted" folder, you'll smile to see that your "Recently Deleted" folder now has thousands of images back. Those are your phantom photos
- Open it, "Select" and start deleting
- Return to "Date & Time" and fix your clock
- Now, go back into Settings > General > Usage > Storage > Manage Storage. You'll notice your Photo & Camera is empty if you deleted everything
Via the official Apple forums.
This isn't referring to storage on iCloud but on your device itself.
Go to
Settings > General > UsageUnder Storage (which is above iCloud) you will get a list of all the apps by size. If there is one you don't use you can delete it to get space to take a picture. If you don't see a list of apps, your phone is probably processing through and you will see a spinning indicator until it finishes:
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Best Answer
Your question has a few parts. I'll go through one by one.
I presume you don't see these photos anywhere. Meaning if you go to Photos, they aren't there, and that you're referencing the count in Preferences > General > About. In this case, have you tried rebooting your device. Are the photos taking up space, or is the count just wrong?
iCloud is primarily a syncing platform. Unless you opt to "optimize device storage" for the Beta Photo Library syncing, you won't get any benefits where you save space on your device. iCloud storage starts at 5GB, you may need to buy more. I have a 20GB plan and optimize my storage. My local photo library is smaller than my cloud photo library.