Deleted photos but no space freed? Here is why
Deleted photos wait 30 days in Recently Deleted and keep using space. iCloud-only photos free iCloud storage, not device storage. How to get the space back.
Why start with videos?
Because size is uneven. 4K video at 60 fps is recorded at around 50 Mbps, so a few minutes can take gigabytes. A handful of long recordings often outweigh years of photos.
What does DustFox show?
Every video, largest first, with its size, resolution and length. The first few decisions free the most space, and you can stop whenever you have enough.
Delete or shrink?
If a video matters but its size bothers you, Shrink Videos may be the better answer: it keeps the video and re-encodes it more efficiently. If you never watch it, deleting is the bigger win.
What happens when I delete?
The videos move to Recently Deleted and wait 30 days. DustFox says so on screen, including the part that surprises people: the space only returns once that album is emptied.
