Clean up Your Camera Roll With IOS Shortcut [updated]
Photos of bells and whistles are real, people. Most of us forget about all our selfies, food shots, and random photos soon after we post them to Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, and more. But your phone doesn’t. Files are stored in your Photos app’s camera roll, taking up valuable storage space that you could fill with apps, podcasts, or, if you’re like me, a huge email lag. In the end, things can get so bad that you will flip through photos and delete multiple images every time you need space.
To make things easier (and encourage all of us to do a better job of cleaning up our own photographic clutter), one of our fellow iOS users created an iOS 12 shortcut that will clean up your camera roll in one fell swoop. In this case, “blank” means that all photos and videos stored in the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad and in iCloud are deleted.
The shortcut is incredibly easy to use. Once you’ve downloaded it, tap the shortcut in your library, which will prompt you for a confirmation message to see how many photos you are deleting. Hit delete and they’re gone! It’s very simple and great, but it also means you have to be very careful with it. This deletes everything in your camera roll, so make sure you back up any files with sentimental value to your laptop or third-party cloud storage app such as Dropbox before use.
We’ve been trading in scripts since Apple launched the Shortcuts app with iOS 12 last month: it came up in response to a request on Reddit and is definitely worth checking out if you’re in the mood for a spring fall cleanup. on your phone.
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Updated October 17, 2018 1:58 PM ET: We’ve clarified that this shortcut deletes your device backups to iCloud, in addition to your camera roll.