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Free · iPhone & iPad · iPhone Duo · iOS 17+

The best free iPhone storage cleaner and photo cleaner.

Swipe left to delete, swipe right to keep — and reclaim gigabytes in minutes. Duplicates, screenshots, chat media, blurry shots and oversized videos handled, images compressed, 100% on-device. No ads, no subscription, no account.

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No ads No account No photos are sent to TidyByte

Clay-style illustration of a phone tossing photo cards into a sorting tray on green hills.

  • 12

    cleanup tools

  • 0

    photo bytes sent to TidyByte

  • $0

    to own it outright

  • 100%

    open source, MIT

01 — How it works

The swipe, explained.

One card. One decision. You’ll clear years of photos before your coffee gets cold.

  1. Pick where to start

    Screenshots, duplicates, blur, or your whole library. Each tool opens a deck of photo cards.

  2. Swipe to decide

    Left deletes, right keeps. Every choice lands in a review list before anything is touched.

  3. Clear them in one pass

    Confirm once and the space comes back. Deleted shots wait 30 days in Recently Deleted.

TidyByte swipe session with one photo card on screen and delete and keep buttons below.
A swipe session in progress — one photo, one decision.

02 — Cleanup toolkit

Every kind of clutter, handled.

Twelve cleanup tools plus storage insight, cleanup history and on-device AI search — all running on your device. Tap any one to see how it works.

03 — Storage dashboard

See exactly what’s using your space.

A live donut chart of where your storage goes — photos, videos, screenshots, Live Photos, other. Tappable slices drill into the exact items you can free up.

64 GB

photo library

  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Screenshots
  • Live Photos
  • Other

Activity & savings keeps score: everything you’ve cleaned, a 30-day chart, and the total space you’ve freed. The Home Screen widget and Siri shortcuts jump straight into a cleanup.

TidyByte storage dashboard with a donut chart of photos, videos, screenshots, Live Photos, and other.

04 — Privacy

Your photos aren't sent to TidyByte.

  • iPhone-library cleanup runs on-device with Apple's Photos and Vision frameworks.
  • No TidyByte backend, analytics SDK, ads, or tracking.
  • In builds where Google Photos is enabled, the app connects directly to Google for sign-in, storage quota, and items you select.

Read the privacy policy

Clay illustration of a teal vault keeping smiling photo cards safe.

05 — Open source

Read every line that touches your photos.

TidyByte is MIT-licensed. Read the source, verify the claims, file an issue.

View on GitHub →

06 — FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Does TidyByte upload my photos?

No. TidyByte has no server that receives photos. iPhone-library cleanup runs on-device. In builds with Google Photos enabled, the app connects directly to Google for sign-in, storage quota, and the items you select. Selected previews are fetched from Google and scanned on your device.

What about iCloud-only photos?

TidyByte works with your full library, including assets stored only in iCloud. The system downloads them as needed; you can also swipe past without waiting.

Are deleted photos gone immediately?

They go to the iOS Recently Deleted album, where they sit for 30 days before being permanently removed — exactly like deleting from the Photos app.

Will it lower the quality of my photos?

No cleanup tool touches the originals. The only operation that re-encodes is the explicit Video Compression or Photo Compression tool, and you choose the preset.

How are duplicates detected?

Exact duplicates are matched by SHA-256 hash of the file data. Near-duplicates use Apple Vision feature prints to find visually similar shots.

Is there a free trial or subscription?

TidyByte is free, with no in-app purchases and no paywalls. Every feature is available to every user. See how it compares to subscription photo cleaners.

Does TidyByte support iPad?

Yes. TidyByte is a universal app that runs natively on iPhone and iPad. Every cleanup tool works on both, the swipe interface adapts to the iPad’s larger screen, and iPad supports all orientations.

Does TidyByte work on iPhone Duo?

Yes. The same app runs on iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, and the swipe interface adapts to the Duo’s outer and inner displays with nothing to configure. Every cleanup tool is built for both displays.

How do I report a bug or request a feature?

Open the Support page to email us. You can also open an issue on GitHub.

TidyByte is on the Mac now.

It finds caches, developer files, duplicates, and app leftovers. As on your iPhone, nothing moves until you approve it.

See TidyByte for Mac

TidyByte for Mac Overview screen with startup disk use and the Trash.

07 — Get the app

Clean your library in minutes.

No account to create. No subscription to manage. Just one swipe at a time.

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