Unable to delete photos transferred with Move to iOS
I cannot delete old photos that were transferred from my Android phone using the Move to iOS app. The delete button is greyed out/missing for these photos.
This is what I have observed so far:
- Then I select multiple photos, the delete button is greyed out
- When I view these old photos individually, I only see "share" and "info" buttons, but no delete or like option
- For newer photos taken on this iPhone, I can see the delete buttons normally
- These photos are NOT synced to iCloud: I checked iCloud.com and only found about 200 photos there, none of which are the ones I want to delete
- The photos only appear in the Timeline view, not in any Albums or the Recents album
- The photos don't appear in the "From My Mac" album or any similar synced album
- Under Settings > General > iPhone Storage > Photos, I see 66.94GB of "Documents and Data" but no mention of synced photos from a computer
- My Nextcloud Photos app also cannot find these photos
- The "On My iPhone > Move to iOS" folder in the Files app is empty, and there's no DCIM folder visible
I already tried to
- Restart my iPhone
- Reset Location & Privacy settings
- delete single photos instead of bulk selection
- Look for the photos in different albums and the Files app
Is there any way of deleting my photos?
iPhone 12 mini, iOS 17


