Why Similar Photos Take Up Space on iPhone 16 Pro Max
Similar Photos — near-identical shots taken in quick succession — are one of the most common storage wasters on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Each one averages 3-5MB each, and they accumulate silently over weeks and months of normal use.
On a iPhone 16 Pro Max with 256GB of total storage, even a few hundred similar photos can consume a significant percentage of your available space.
How to Manually Delete Similar Photos
Open the Photos App
Launch the Photos app on your iPhone 16 Pro Max and go to your Library.
Browse and Select
Manually scroll through your photos looking for near-identical shots taken in quick succession. 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 similar photos.
The Faster Way: Use PX Cleaner
PX Cleaner groups similar photos and suggests the best one to keep based on quality. Instead of manually hunting through your entire camera roll, PX Cleaner scans your iPhone 16 Pro Max in minutes and groups similar photos for easy batch deletion.
Install PX Cleaner
Download PX Cleaner free from the App Store on your iPhone 16 Pro Max.
Run the Scan
PX Cleaner's AI automatically detects all similar 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 16 Pro Max?
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 16 Pro Max users have 100-500 similar photos without realizing it. Heavy camera users may have over 1,000.
At 3-5MB each, removing a few hundred similar 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.