Guides to a lighter iPhone

Most of these work with nothing but the Settings and Photos apps. Where Sweepr makes a step faster, the guide says so, and says when it will not help.

Everything Sweepr does

Everything Sweepr does on iPhone and iPad: swipe to delete photos and videos, duplicates and similar shots, compression at full resolution, contacts, Files, Siri.

How to free up storage on iPhone without losing photos

Find what actually fills your iPhone, then free space in the right order: video first, duplicates and screenshots next, compression for what you keep.

iPhone Storage Almost Full: what to do first

The iPhone Storage Almost Full warning explained: why it keeps coming back, what System Data is, and the five fixes in the order that frees the most.

How to delete duplicate photos on iPhone

Find and remove duplicate and near-identical photos on iPhone with the Photos app's Duplicates album, and when a second pass for similar shots and bursts is worth it.

How to compress video on iPhone without losing quality

How much space iPhone video really takes, how to make a clip smaller without visible loss, and when to step down from 4K to 1080p. With the sizes per minute.

How to compress photos on iPhone and keep full resolution

Which iPhone photos are worth compressing, which are not, and how to make a photo lighter without lowering its resolution or losing its date, place and albums.

How to delete screenshots on iPhone quickly

Find every screenshot on your iPhone, select hundreds at once, and keep the few worth keeping. Plus how to stop them piling up again.

How to clean up your camera roll by swiping

Why swiping through photos one at a time is faster than selecting from a grid, how to break a big library into sessions, and what to do with the photos you keep.

How to choose a photo cleaner app for iPhone in 2026

What to look for in an iPhone photo cleaner: privacy, how deletion works, compression, pricing model. A fair look at the main kinds of apps, Sweepr included, with facts from the App Store.

Culling a camera memory card on iPhone and iPad: a photographer's workflow

A photographer's workflow: plug the SD card into an iPhone or iPad, cull the shoot on the card, and save only the keepers to Photos.

How to find and merge duplicate contacts on iPhone

Where iPhone's built-in duplicate contacts check is, what it misses, and how to merge contacts saved under different names, clear empty cards and undo a merge.

How to clean up iCloud Drive and the Files app on iPhone

See what takes space in iCloud Drive, find the largest files in the Files app, free space on the phone without deleting from iCloud, and empty Recently Deleted.

Free photo cleaner for iPhone: what you can do without paying

What iPhone's own Photos app cleans up for free, what a free photo cleaner app adds, and what to check before a free trial turns into a subscription.