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My recently deleted isn’t deleting

My storage was full, I deleted all my photos( about 12000). They appeared in recently deleted. I tried deleting them (delete all) it didn’t work. They are taking 39 Gb and nothing is working pls help. I tried changing the date. Photos in recently deleted are not deleting!!

iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Feb 20, 2020 12:25 PM

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Posted on Feb 20, 2020 10:21 PM

It sounds like you are experiencing an error when managing photos. You can try selecting 500 photos at a time (or lesser). Delete and wait for a good 10-15 seconds. Realistically, it shouldn’t even take that long. If that does not work, you may want to consider restarting your device then try deleting your photos again.


How to restart

  1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears.
  2. Drag the slider to turn your device completely off.
  3. After the device turns off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button again until you see the Apple logo.


Hope it helps!

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Feb 20, 2020 10:21 PM in response to petra188

It sounds like you are experiencing an error when managing photos. You can try selecting 500 photos at a time (or lesser). Delete and wait for a good 10-15 seconds. Realistically, it shouldn’t even take that long. If that does not work, you may want to consider restarting your device then try deleting your photos again.


How to restart

  1. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the red slider appears.
  2. Drag the slider to turn your device completely off.
  3. After the device turns off, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button again until you see the Apple logo.


Hope it helps!

My recently deleted isn’t deleting

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