How to Turn Off Live Photos on iPhone (and Keep It Off)
Turn off Live Photos in the iPhone Camera, keep the setting off with Preserve Settings, and turn Live off on photos you already took.
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Where your iPhone storage goes and the fastest ways to win it back, from photos and apps to Live Photos and file sizes.
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Do Live Photos Take Up More Space on iPhone?
Yes. Each Live Photo keeps a short video clip with the still. Where that space counts, and which actions actually give it back.
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How to Reduce Photo File Size on iPhone
Make iPhone photos smaller for free: switch the camera to High Efficiency, keep ProRAW off, or save a smaller copy to email. What each does to storage.
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How Much iPhone Storage Do I Need?
Work out how much iPhone storage you need from the phone you have now: current sizes, what ProRAW and video cost, and when iCloud lets you buy less.
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How to Check iPhone Storage and What Each Category Means
Check iPhone storage in Settings, read each category in the storage bar, and see why the total is less than the box says and how iCloud differs.
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How to Free Up Space on iPhone
Check what is filling your iPhone, then clear photos, apps, messages and Safari data. Step-by-step for iOS 27, with nothing to buy.