How to Select All Photos on an iPhone
Open your iPhone's Photos., Tap the Albums tab., Tap Camera Roll., Tap Select., Drag your finger across a row of photos, then drag it up., Wait for all photos to be selected., Remove your finger from the screen.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Open your iPhone's Photos.
It's the multicolored pinwheel on a white background. -
Step 2: Tap the Albums tab.
It's in the bottom right corner of the screen.
If Photos opens to a photo, tap the Back button in the top left corner of the screen, then tap Albums in the top left corner of the screen. , It should be the first album at the top of the Albums page.
If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled, this album will be called All Photos. , This option is in the top right corner of the page. , Make sure you keep your finger on the screen the whole time.
Doing this will cause the screen to start scrolling up, selecting all photos as it does. , Depending on how many photos you have in your Camera Roll, this process may take awhile.
Don't lift your finger off of the screen until you reach the beginning of the Camera Roll. , Now that all of your iPhone's photos are selected, you can do a couple of different things:
Add them to an album by tapping Add To at the bottom of the screen and then selecting an album (or creating a new one).
Delete all of them by tapping the garbage can icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and then tapping Delete Photos. -
Step 3: Tap Camera Roll.
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Step 4: Tap Select.
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Step 5: Drag your finger across a row of photos
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Step 6: then drag it up.
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Step 7: Wait for all photos to be selected.
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Step 8: Remove your finger from the screen.
Detailed Guide
It's the multicolored pinwheel on a white background.
It's in the bottom right corner of the screen.
If Photos opens to a photo, tap the Back button in the top left corner of the screen, then tap Albums in the top left corner of the screen. , It should be the first album at the top of the Albums page.
If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled, this album will be called All Photos. , This option is in the top right corner of the page. , Make sure you keep your finger on the screen the whole time.
Doing this will cause the screen to start scrolling up, selecting all photos as it does. , Depending on how many photos you have in your Camera Roll, this process may take awhile.
Don't lift your finger off of the screen until you reach the beginning of the Camera Roll. , Now that all of your iPhone's photos are selected, you can do a couple of different things:
Add them to an album by tapping Add To at the bottom of the screen and then selecting an album (or creating a new one).
Delete all of them by tapping the garbage can icon in the bottom right corner of the screen and then tapping Delete Photos.
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