You can use a simple swiping gesture to quickly select multiple images in the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad, so you don’t have to spend time tapping each picture individually.
Obviously, this won’t save you a ton of time when you’re working with just one or two images, but if you’re trying to move or delete many pictures, it can significantly reduce your efforts.
Select multiple pictures and videos on iPhone or iPad
1) Open the Photos app and go to the Library tab to see all your images and videos. You can also navigate to an album or section, such as Screenshots.
2) Tap the Select button in the upper right-hand corner.
3) Touch the first photo you’d like to add to your selection and slide your finger to the right or left.
4) When you reach the end of the row, slide your finger down without lifting it. Doing this selects the entire row.
5) You can even keep your finger at the bottom of the screen without lifting, and it will scroll automatically, selecting all images that come its way. This way, you can select hundreds of images without moving a muscle, but it will take a while to auto-scroll and select them.
Note: You can also follow the above steps to quickly deselect several selected photos.
Select all photos at once on iPhone or iPad
You can’t select all pictures and videos in the main Library (or Recents and All Photos) section of the iOS Photos app. However, you can select all images added to a photo album.
1) Open the Photos app and go inside an album.
2) Tap Select at the top.
3) You’ll now see a Select All button, and tapping it will select all images and videos of that album. You can now delete or share all selected media or tap the menu icon to take other action.
Tip: To delete all images on your iPhone or iPad at once, connect it to your Mac and use Apple’s Image Capture app to get the job done.
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