How do I delete all screenshots on my iPhone at once?

Open Photos, go to Albums, and scroll to the Media Types section to find your Screenshots album — iOS groups them automatically. From there you can select several and delete them, or swipe through with a cleaner like Odoa to go faster and skip the ones you actually want to keep.

Why does my iPhone have so many screenshots?

Screenshots are the easiest photo to create by accident — a receipt, a confirmation code, a meme someone sent, a map you needed once. Almost nobody deletes them after use, so they quietly become one of the largest categories in a full camera roll.

Does deleting screenshots actually free up storage?

Yes, and often more than people expect, since screenshots are full-resolution images. But deleting them only moves them to Recently Deleted for up to 30 days. Empty that album from Photos > Albums > Recently Deleted to reclaim the space right away.

Is there a way to delete screenshots without going through every one manually?

The built-in Screenshots album still requires tapping Select, then each photo, then confirming. A swipe-based app like Odoa lets you go through the same album one photo at a time with a single gesture, which is much faster for a large batch.

How to Delete Screenshots on iPhone Fast (2026)

Screenshots are usually the single biggest source of clutter in an iPhone camera roll. Here’s the fastest way to delete screenshots on your iPhone and get that storage back.

The fastest way to delete screenshots

The fastest way is to open your iPhone’s built-in Screenshots album, then work through it with one keep-or-delete decision per image instead of scrolling and second-guessing. iOS already groups every screenshot for you — you don’t need to hunt through your whole camera roll to find them.

Open Photos.
Tap Albums, then scroll to Media Types.
Tap Screenshots.
Go through them and delete anything you no longer need.

For a big backlog, swiping through this album with a cleaner like Odoa is noticeably faster than tapping Select and choosing photos one by one — you swipe left to delete, right to keep, and move on.

Why screenshots take over your camera roll

Screenshots aren’t memories — they’re utility. That’s exactly why they pile up:

Receipts and confirmation numbers you needed for one afternoon.
Directions and addresses saved instead of bookmarked.
Memes and posts someone sent you, screenshotted instead of shared properly.
Verification codes and boarding passes that expired days ago.

None of these feel worth deleting in the moment, so nobody does it in the moment. A year later, the Screenshots album has thousands of entries and almost nothing in it is worth keeping.

How to tell what’s actually worth keeping

Before you clear the whole album, it’s worth pulling out the few screenshots that matter:

Warranty or purchase confirmations you might need later — move these to Files or a Notes folder instead of leaving them buried in Photos.
Genuinely useful references — a size chart, a recipe, a packing list you reuse.
Screenshots of actual photos or messages you want to keep as a memory.

Everything else — old boarding passes, expired codes, one-off directions — can go.

Delete screenshots, then empty Recently Deleted

This is the step people forget. Deleting a screenshot moves it to Photos > Albums > Recently Deleted, where it still counts against your storage for up to 30 days. Open that album and tap Delete All to reclaim the space immediately, rather than waiting for iOS to clear it automatically.

Screenshots are just the start

Screenshots are usually the quickest win, but they’re rarely the only source of clutter. Burst shots, blurry attempts, and near-duplicate photos add up just as fast — see how to delete duplicate photos on iPhone for the next step. If your whole camera roll needs a pass, this guide to cleaning up your camera roll walks through the full method.

A habit that keeps it from coming back

Screenshots regrow fast because they’re so easy to take. A two-minute pass through the Screenshots album at the end of each week keeps it from ever building back up to thousands.

The bottom line

Your Screenshots album is almost always the fastest place to free up real storage, because iOS already sorts it for you. Open it, swipe through with keep-or-delete decisions, empty Recently Deleted, and repeat weekly so it never piles up again.