--- title: "iPhone photo guides · Page 3" 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." url: "https://picway.app/guides/page/3/" lang: "en" type: "guides" updated: "2026-11-01" --- # iPhone photo guides · Page 3 URL: https://picway.app/guides/page/3/ Markdown: https://picway.app/guides/page/3/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. - [Why is Photos in iPhone Storage bigger than my library?](https://picway.app/guides/iphone-storage-photos-size-mismatch/): According to CleverFiles, the figure next to Photos in iPhone Storage counts more than your visible library: it includes items in Recently Deleted, cached thumbnails, and the local copies iCloud keeps on the device. Empty Recently Deleted first, then check iCloud Photos and Optimize iPhone Storage. - [Why do deleted photos keep coming back on iPhone?](https://picway.app/guides/deleted-photos-keep-coming-back-iphone/): According to CleverFiles, if sync was off or interrupted when you deleted the photos, they were only removed locally, and iCloud downloaded them back the next time it connected. With iCloud Photos on, a delete should reach all your devices, so confirm sync is on and delete the photos in Recently Deleted too. - [How to keep photos out of memories on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/avoid-photos-in-memories/): To keep photos out of memories without deleting them, use the Memories to skip setting in PicWay. You can skip by date range, album, or single photo. It only changes what PicWay suggests to you, so you can still see those photos in your library or an album. - [How to put photos from one album on your iPhone Home Screen](https://picway.app/guides/photo-widget-iphone-album/): Add PicWay’s Album rotation widget to your Home Screen, then touch and hold it, tap Edit Widget, and pick the album. It shows a new photo from that album every hour, and the round button on the widget changes it right away without opening the app. - [Open On This Day photos with Siri or an iPhone shortcut](https://picway.app/guides/siri-shortcut-open-photos-iphone/): Say “PicWay” and a place to Siri, for example “PicWay On This Day.” You can also open the Shortcuts app, create a shortcut, search for PicWay, and pick where it goes. Shortcuts can sit on your Home Screen, in Control Center, or on the Action button. They only open that page in PicWay and never keep, delete, or share a photo for you. - [How to clean up screenshots on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/clean-screenshots-iphone/): The easiest way to clean up screenshots on iPhone is Screen captures in PicWay. Swipe left or right to move between them, swipe up to set one aside, and double-tap any you want to keep to favorite it. Set-aside screenshots stay in your library until you confirm deleting them. - [How to cut out the middle of a video on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/cut-out-middle-of-video-iphone/): Open the video in PicWay, tap Edit, then Trim. Move the playhead to where the unwanted part starts and tap Split, then to where it ends and tap Split again. Select the middle section, tap Delete, and save as a new video or replace the original. - [How to find photos that aren’t in any album on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/find-photos-not-in-any-album-iphone/): In PicWay, open your library, tap the Filter button at the top right, and under Tidy tap Not in an album. You can add Favorite to see only your favorites that aren’t in an album yet. To file a photo, touch and hold it and tap Add to album. PicWay needs access to all your photos to do this. - [Too many screenshots? How to find your real photos on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/find-photos-hidden-by-screenshots/): To find your real photos when screenshots take over your iPhone camera roll, hide the clutter instead of deleting it. On iOS 18 and later, the Photos app can hide screenshots under View Options. PicWay goes further: in its Photos tab, switch from All to Life to hide screenshots, screen recordings, animated images, and images not taken with a camera whose text looks like a receipt, ID or document. Nothing is deleted, and you can fix any photo with a long press. - [How to move photos into an album on iPhone, not copy them](https://picway.app/guides/move-photos-to-album-iphone/): In PicWay, tap the + next to the search box on the Albums page, name the album, and under Start with choose Pick by rule. Pick a source album, a date range, a city, or a type, then turn on Remove from original albums. The photos leave those albums but stay in your library. The rule is used once, when you create the album. - [How to save photo edits as a filter on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/save-photo-edits-as-filter-iphone/): Yes. In PicWay, edit a photo until you like the colors, tap Save filter, and name it. Next time, open Filters and tap your filter under Custom filters. It applies the same light and color settings, built-in filter, and grain to the new photo. - [How to tag photos on iPhone and search for them later](https://picway.app/guides/tag-photos-iphone/): In PicWay, touch and hold a photo in your library and tap Add tags. Type a tag, such as family, travel, or ideas, and tap Add. Then search that tag in your library to find the photo. Each tag can be up to 32 characters, and each photo can have up to 24 tags. - [How to convert HEIC to JPG on iPhone](https://picway.app/guides/convert-heic-to-jpg-iphone/): In PicWay, touch and hold the photo, tap Convert format, choose JPG, and tap Convert to JPG. A JPG copy is saved to the PicWay Conversions album, and the original HEIC stays. To shoot JPG from now on, set Settings › Camera › Formats to Most Compatible. - [Best photo storage for iPhone to clear space? How to pick](https://picway.app/guides/best-photo-storage-option-iphone-clear-space/): There isn't one best option. iCloud Photos with Optimize Storage keeps full originals in iCloud and smaller copies on your iPhone. A computer backup lets you remove photos from the phone. Compressing makes files smaller. Pick the one that matches how often you want to open old photos, then check your iPhone Storage. - [Can’t see iPhone downloads on your PC? Here’s why](https://picway.app/guides/see-downloaded-files-from-iphone-on-pc/): A USB connection to a PC mostly shows photos and videos from your camera roll. Pictures you download from the web often land in the Files app instead, in a Downloads folder. Open Files, check Downloads in iCloud Drive or On My iPhone, then move them to Photos or share them to your PC. - [How do I get a cinematic look on iPhone photos?](https://picway.app/guides/cinematic-look-iphone-photos-videos/): Usually it is a mix: a Photographic Style or filter, a few edits to contrast, shadows and warmth, and the same look applied to every shot. On iPhone you can set a style in Camera, then edit in Photos. In PicWay, you can save your edits as a custom filter and reuse it. - [Photos app Documents and Data huge on iPhone? Why](https://picway.app/guides/photos-app-documents-and-data-iphone/): For Photos, Documents and Data is mostly your photo and video library stored on the iPhone. If iCloud Photos is off, every original lives only on this phone, so a big library shows a big number. Turning off Shared Albums doesn’t shrink it. Delete what you don’t need, then empty Recently Deleted. - [Why do Live Photos turn into stills on Android?](https://picway.app/guides/live-photos-become-stills-transfer-to-android/): A Live Photo is a still image plus a short video clip. Android has no matching Live Photo format, and Apple notes that Live Photos may not be available when you move content to another service. To keep the motion on Android, save each Live Photo as a video on your iPhone and send that.