How to See How Many Photos You Have on Your iPhone

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

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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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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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How do I download photos from iPhone to my computer?

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iTunes can be synced with your photo library, so every time you connect your PC it downloads the videos and photos for you.

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