How to See How Many Photos You Have on Your iPhone

Check and see how many photos you've saved on your iPhone

Co-authored by Linh Le

This wikiHow teaches you where to look to see how many photos you have stored on your iPhone.

Things You Should Know

You can see how many photos you have via the General section in your iPhone settings.
The number of photos you have is displayed in the About section, next to the word Photos midway down the screen.
Only photos saved to your device are included in this count; any photos you've gotten in a message won't be included.

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Linh Le
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Expert Interview. 10 February 2022.} This is the gray cog icon located on one of your phone's home screens, or within a folder named "Utilities."
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Linh Le
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Expert Interview. 10 February 2022.} It's the gray icon with the white cog on it.
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Review your Photo count. The number of photos you have on your iPhone is displayed on the fifth line to the right of the "Photos" heading.
- Photos that have been received via Messages and photos from your Photo Stream are not included in this count unless you have saved them to your device.

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