iOS update sorting photo size

Hey. I wanna ask what update have the feature where you can sort videos and photos by size so I can free up storage in my phone and delete the videos with most mb or gb? Right now I have the option to update to IOS 18.7.1 or IOS 26. I want to avoid updating to 26 since it takes up space. Before I had the option to see what videos takes up the most space while managing storage. Thank

iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Oct 22, 2025 6:27 AM

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Oct 22, 2025 6:43 AM in response to Krystyna60

There's nothing in Photos to sort videos (or anything) by size. The closest thing I can think of is to go to Media Types, select all, and add those to a new album. Then you can push them around and get the big ones together. Using the time shown on the thumbnail is good enough for estimating size.


If the storage is too full, Photos may not be able to deal with really large videos at all, and you may have to delete smaller ones first to get enough room. You ought to have at least 10% of your storage free for the phone to be able to manipulate files.


I'd like to think you have backups…

iOS update sorting photo size

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