Why Live Photos Take Up Space on iPhone 12 Pro
Live Photos — photos with embedded video clips that double storage usage — are one of the most common storage wasters on the iPhone 12 Pro. Each one averages 3-7MB each, and they accumulate silently over weeks and months of normal use.
On a iPhone 12 Pro with 128GB of total storage, even a few hundred live photos can consume a significant percentage of your available space.
How to Manually Delete Live Photos
Open the Photos App
Launch the Photos app on your iPhone 12 Pro and go to your Library.
Browse and Select
Manually scroll through your photos looking for photos with embedded video clips that double storage usage. Tap Select and choose each one.
Delete Selected
Tap the trash icon to move selected items to Recently Deleted.
The manual method works but is extremely time-consuming. For a library with thousands of photos, it could take hours to find all live photos.
The Faster Way: Use PX Cleaner
PX Cleaner can identify Live Photos and help you convert or delete the video portion. Instead of manually hunting through your entire camera roll, PX Cleaner scans your iPhone 12 Pro in minutes and groups live photos for easy batch deletion.
Install PX Cleaner
Download PX Cleaner free from the App Store on your iPhone 12 Pro.
Run the Scan
PX Cleaner's AI automatically detects all live photos in your library.
Review and Clean
Swipe left to delete, right to keep. PX Cleaner handles the rest safely.
Why PX Cleaner for iPhone 12 Pro?
AI-Powered
Machine learning detects duplicates, blurry photos, and similar shots automatically.
Swipe to Clean
Tinder-style interface makes cleanup fast and intuitive.
100% Private
Everything happens on-device. No photos are uploaded anywhere.
Lightning Fast
Full library scan in 1-3 minutes. Clean up in under 10 minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Most iPhone 12 Pro users have 100-500 live photos without realizing it. Heavy camera users may have over 1,000.
At 3-7MB each, removing a few hundred live photos typically frees up 1-5GB. Users with large libraries save even more.
Yes. All deleted items go to your Recently Deleted folder and stay there for 30 days before permanent deletion.
See PX Cleaner in Action
