Duplicate photos and videos take up precious space on your iPhone. Luckily, sinceiOS 16, Apple has offered the ability to easily find and delete duplicates in the Photos app—no third-party app required. We’ll show you how it works.

Find and Delete Duplicates in Photos for iPhone

To find duplicate photos and videos, open the Photos app on your iPhone and tap the “Albums” tab at the bottom of the screen.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the “Utilities” section where you’ll find the “Duplicates” album.

Photos app Albums tab

Tap on “Duplicates” to see a list of all the duplicate photos and videos found on your iPhone.

You’ll see a preview of each image and the relevant file size. You can review each duplicate entry individually, then tap on “Merge” to save one of the photos or videos. iOS will automatically keep the higher quality version.

Scroll to the “Utilities” section on the “Albums” tab

You’ll then need to confirm that you wish to merge the photos or videos in the pop-up.

If you don’t have time to merge each duplicate individually, you can merge everything at once. To do this, tap “Select” at the top of the screen followed by “Select All.” Then, tap “Merge” at the bottom of the screen.

Photos app “Duplicates” album

Can’t See the Duplicates Album?

This feature was released with iOS 16. If you can’t see the “Duplicates” album, you should first ensure you’ve upgraded to the latest iOS version.

You can see your current iOS version under Settings > General > About > iOS Version. You can thenupgrade to iOS 16by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

Tap “Merge” to keep the highest quality photo or video

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The “Duplicates” album might not show up right away. It could take anything from a few hours to a few days to appear after installing the update,according to Apple.

Select more than one duplicate entry then mass merge using Photos

You might find that after merging all of your duplicates, more appear as your whole library finishes processing.

Apple states that the detection process requires your iPhone to be locked and connected to power. The size of your library and the tasks running on your device will influence the speed at which the process completes.

Check your current iOS version under Settings

Other Ways to Save Space

This is just one way tocreate free space on your iPhone. You can also trypurging Message attachments,removing old email messages, andsetting limits on podcast downloads.

If your photos are stored in an iCloud Photo Library, removing duplicates is a good way offreeing up precious iCloud storage.