How to Quickly Delete Photos in iOS 8

It’s really easy to take a ton of photos while spending your holidays abroad perhaps. But when you come back home and check out the Photos app on your iPhone, you find that it’s clogged-up with a number of blurry and just unnecessary/not your best moment photos. So how do you delete these without having to go through one at a time and relive each less than perfect moment in detail? You bulk delete them.

One issue is that when you’re deleting photos in iOS 8, you can only view their small thumbnails and not the original views. So how’d you determine which photos are blurry and which are not? Is there a way you can mark photos for deletion while being in full size mode? Fortunately, there’s an app that can help you do just that on your iPhone running iOS 8.

Here’s how the app can help you mark photos for deletion while still being in full size mode:

1. Tap on App Store.

2. Click on Search located in the bottom bar.

3. Search for and tap on Pare Down (it’s a free app).

4. Click that little cloud icon and the app will begin downloading on your device.

5. Once the app is downloaded, click on OPEN.

6. The first time you launch the app, it’ll ask you for Photos’ permission. Tap OK.

7. Tap on PARE DOWN.

8. Here begins the actual task. Now, if you want to mark a photo for deletion, simply swipe left. To keep a photo, swipe right (it’s like Tinder for your own photos! Weee!)

9. When you’re done, tap on Done.

10. It’ll then ask you for your permission to delete the marked photos. Tap on Delete.

11. You’ll see a success message saying the marked photos were deleted.

12. You’re all done!

All of your marked photos are now gone from your device.

So the next time you head to somewhere to spend your holidays, capture as many moments of your life as possible without worrying about your photos app being clogged up when you return.

If you have already used this app, do let us know how it worked out for you in the comments below. We’d love to hear your thoughts.

Don’t forget to check out our iOS How To’s section to learn more tips and tricks for your iPhone.