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Large Photos: heavy image files

They are rarely many, but they are rarely small. DustFox puts the heaviest photos on top so you can see where the megabytes went.

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Free · iPhone and iPad · iOS 18 or later

Where do large photos come from?

Apple ProRAW captures, panoramas, photos from dedicated cameras imported to the phone, and edited exports. Each can be many times the size of a normal shot.

What does DustFox show?

Every photo, sorted by size, largest first. You see how much each one takes and select what goes; the first few decisions usually free the most.

Delete or convert?

If a large photo is a JPEG you want to keep, Compressible Photos may be the gentler option. If it is a RAW file you already exported and edited, the RAW is often what you can let go.

What happens after deleting?

The photos move to Recently Deleted for 30 days. Device space returns once that album is emptied.

Questions about Large Photos

What makes a photo large?

Resolution and format. Apple ProRAW files and very wide panoramas can take tens of megabytes each, while a typical HEIC photo takes a few.

Can I shrink a large photo instead of deleting it?

If it is a JPEG, Compressible Photos can convert it to HEIC, which stores the same shot in roughly half the space.

Are photos stored only in iCloud included?

By default no, because deleting them frees no device space. Turn on the iCloud switch to see the whole library.

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