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title: "iPhone photo guides · Page 2"
description: "Too many photos, storage full, videos too large, or photos you want to hide? Each guide answers one real question first, then walks you through it step by step."
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# iPhone photo guides · Page 2

URL: https://picway.app/guides/page/2/
Markdown: https://picway.app/guides/page/2/index.md
Last updated: 2026-11-01

Too many photos, storage full, videos too large, or photos you want to hide? Each guide answers one real question first, then walks you through it step by step.

- [How to save a Live Photo as video](https://picway.app/guides/save-live-photo-as-video-iphone/): To save a Live Photo as video, open the Photos app, swipe up to Media Types, tap Live Photos, select one, tap the More button at the upper right, and choose Save as Video. Apple says the new video appears in the Recently Saved album, and the Live Photo stays where it was.
- [Live Photo lock screen wallpaper](https://picway.app/guides/live-photo-lock-screen-wallpaper-iphone/): To use a Live Photo as lock screen wallpaper, touch and hold the Lock Screen, tap the add button, choose Photos, and pick a Live Photo. Apple says that if it can be translated into slow motion, you tap a button to play it when the device wakes up. You can also make one from a video with PicWay.
- [Why iPhone screenshots are PNG](https://picway.app/guides/why-iphone-screenshots-are-png/): According to FreeToolOnline, iPhone screenshots are PNG because iOS saves side-button captures and Markup exports as PNG rather than HEIC, and PNG keeps solid colors, sharp edges, and on-screen text crisp. Apple’s screenshot guide doesn’t name the file format, so treat the format detail as third-party.
- [How does the Hidden album work on iPhone?](https://picway.app/guides/how-hidden-album-works-iphone/): When you hide photos and videos on iPhone, they move to the Hidden album and don’t appear anywhere else in Photos, like the Library, other albums, or the Photos widget on your Home Screen. The album is locked by default in iOS 16 and later. With iCloud Photos on, photos you hide on one device are hidden on your others too.
- [Are photo cleaner apps safe? How to check](https://picway.app/guides/are-photo-cleaner-apps-safe/): Whether a photo cleaner app is safe depends on the app. According to SnapSift, look for apps that process everything on your device without uploading your photos to any server. You can check this yourself: read the privacy policy, look at the App Store privacy label, and notice what the app asks to access.
- [iPhone storage full? Free up space from photos and videos](https://picway.app/guides/free-up-iphone-storage/): If your iPhone storage is full, first check what’s taking up the space in Settings. If it’s photos and videos, use PicWay to compress large videos, clear duplicates and similar shots, and set aside what you don’t want. Set-aside photos stay in your library, and space only frees up once you really delete them.
- [Do Live Photos take up space? How to compress Live Photos](https://picway.app/guides/compress-photos-iphone/): To compress Live Photos or regular photos on iPhone, tap Compress on PicWay’s Memories tab, pick your photos, and tap Compress. They get smaller and may lose some detail, while photo info stays as it was. Compressed Live Photos stay Live unless you choose to convert them to stills, and your original stays until you confirm.
- [Recover deleted photos from Recently Deleted on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/recover-deleted-photos/): You can recover deleted photos from Recently Deleted for 30 days. Open the Photos app, tap Collections, tap Recently Deleted under Utilities, unlock it, and recover what you want. After 30 days, they’re permanently deleted and can’t be recovered.
- [How to remove duplicate photos on iPhone and keep just one](https://picway.app/guides/duplicate-photos-iphone/): There are two ways to remove duplicate photos on iPhone. The Duplicates album in the Photos app merges each set into one and moves the rest to Recently Deleted. In PicWay, tap Keep one per group and confirm, and the rest are set aside for you to review. If you only want to merge, the Photos app is enough.
- [iPhone storage still full after deleting photos? Why](https://picway.app/guides/iphone-storage-not-updating-after-deleting-photos/): Deleted photos go to Recently Deleted for 30 days, and they keep using space until they’re deleted for good. After you empty it, iPhone Storage usually updates within minutes, but one third-party guide says a big cleanup can lag an hour or more. Check Settings, General, iPhone Storage again later.
- [How many photos do you need to delete to free up 10 GB?](https://picway.app/guides/how-many-photos-to-delete-for-10gb/): On average, about 4,000 to 5,000 photos, according to CleverFiles, which puts a 12 MP HEIC photo from a modern iPhone at about 2 MB. Deleting a few hundred barely registers. Videos and Live Photos are much bigger per item, so start with those and check iPhone Storage first.
- [What does Optimize iPhone Storage do to your photos?](https://picway.app/guides/optimize-iphone-storage-photos/): When Optimize iPhone Storage is on, iCloud Photos keeps full-resolution photos and videos in iCloud and puts space-saving copies on your iPhone when it needs room. Deleting from that library only removes the small local copies and also deletes the photo everywhere, so it’s no shortcut to free space.
- [How to delete photos from iPhone but keep them in iCloud](https://picway.app/guides/delete-photos-from-iphone-keep-in-icloud/): You can’t do it by deleting in Photos, because with iCloud Photos on, that deletes the photo everywhere. To free space while keeping everything in iCloud, turn on Optimize iPhone Storage so the iPhone keeps smaller copies. Or move photos you don’t want in iCloud to a computer first.
- [Do iPhone shared albums use iCloud storage in iOS 27?](https://picway.app/guides/shared-albums-icloud-storage/): It depends on when the album was created. Shared albums made in iOS 27 or later store full-resolution originals and count toward the owner’s iCloud storage, including what others add. Albums made in iOS 26 or earlier, and temporary albums, don’t count. Upgrading an old album keeps its existing items uncounted.
- [Do shared albums reduce photo quality on iPhone?](https://picway.app/guides/shared-albums-photo-quality/): In shared albums created in iOS 26 or earlier, yes: photos are reduced to 2048 pixels on the long edge, panoramas up to 5400 pixels wide, and videos are delivered at up to 720p. Shared albums created in iOS 27 or later store originals at full resolution, but they count toward the owner’s iCloud storage.
- [What is Sync Immediately for iCloud Photos on iPhone?](https://picway.app/guides/icloud-photos-sync-immediately/): Apple’s support pages say that in iOS 27 or later, Sync Immediately prioritizes syncing items added to your iCloud Photos library after you turn it on. Go to Settings, your name, iCloud, Photos, then Sync Immediately and choose For Today. It turns off by itself after one day, and may use more battery and cellular data.
- [How big is a Live Photo? Storage vs a regular photo](https://picway.app/guides/live-photo-file-size/): A Live Photo is a still image plus a short video clip, so it takes more room. One third-party estimate puts a Live Photo at 5 to 9 MB against 2 to 3 MB for a standard shot, about 2 to 3 times as much. Your own numbers vary, so check what your iPhone actually stores.
- [How to turn off Live Photos on iPhone permanently](https://picway.app/guides/turn-off-live-photos-iphone-permanently/): Tap the Live Photo button in the Camera app to turn it off, then go to Settings, Camera, Preserve Settings and turn on the switch next to Live Photo. Without it, the Camera app turns Live Photo back on automatically. Turning it off only affects new photos, not the ones you already took.
- [How to see On This Day photos on iPhone, with a reminder](https://picway.app/guides/on-this-day-iphone/): To see On This Day photos on iPhone, open the Memories tab in PicWay. When the date has photos from past years, On This Day appears there. To get a reminder, turn it on in PicWay’s settings. It comes at 9:30 AM by default, and only when that date really has photos from past years.
- [Live Photo off vs converting to a still: what saves space?](https://picway.app/guides/live-photo-or-convert-to-still/): Switching the Live effect off in the Photos edit screen turns the photo into a still of its key photo, but it doesn’t save storage and you can switch it back on. According to CleverFiles, a true conversion to a regular still can’t be undone. Convert only after you’re sure.
- [How to pick the best frame of a Live Photo and save it](https://picway.app/guides/choose-best-frame-live-photo/): Per Apple, open the Live Photo, tap Edit, tap the Live Photo button, drag the white frame to your favorite moment, and tap Make Key Photo, then Done. To keep a separate still, a MacPaw guide suggests Duplicate as Still Photo from the More menu. Apple’s way to flatten the photo itself is turning Live off.
- [What happens when you save a Live Photo to the Files app?](https://picway.app/guides/save-live-photo-to-files-app/): According to CleverFiles, saving a Live Photo to the Files app strips the video and keeps only the still as a regular JPEG file. The original Live Photo stays in your Photos library unchanged, so no storage space is saved unless you delete it afterward.
- [How to turn several Live Photos into one video on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/multiple-live-photos-to-one-video/): Open Photos, tap Collections, then Live Photos under Media Types. Tap Select, pick your Live Photos, tap the three-dot button, and choose Save as Video, according to MacRumors. Apple’s own guide covers one at a time and suggests iMovie to combine the videos. PicWay can export a Live Photo collage as a video.
- [What is a temporary shared album on iPhone in iOS 27?](https://picway.app/guides/temporary-shared-album-iphone/): Per Apple, a temporary shared album, available when you create a shared album in iOS 27, expires after 30 days. Apple says albums set to expire don’t use any iCloud storage, and participants can see when it expires and save items before then. A temporary album can hold up to 5000 photos and videos combined.