How to Delete Blurry Photos & Old Screenshots on iPhone
Nobody plans to keep 900 screenshots of parking spots, boarding passes, and memes from 2022 — or the blurry half of every burst. But they pile up silently, and together they can eat gigabytes. The Photos app makes finding them tedious; here's the fast way to clear them all.
Screenshots: the clutter you saved on purpose (once)
Screenshots are almost always temporary — useful for a day, dead weight forever after. The Photos app does have a Screenshots album (Albums → Media Types → Screenshots), but bulk-reviewing hundreds of thumbnails there is slow. SnapKeep pulls all your screenshots into a dedicated cleanup stack so you can review them full-screen and clear an entire year's worth in one pass.
Blurry photos: the clutter you never meant to keep
iOS has no blur filter at all — finding blurry shots by hand means opening photos one at a time. SnapKeep detects blur automatically, on-device, and groups the misfires into their own review stack. When the blurry shot is part of a burst, SnapKeep's similar-photo detection marks the sharpest frame to keep, so you never accidentally delete the good take.
The 10-minute cleanup routine
- Open SnapKeep and let the on-device scan finish. No upload, no account — Apple lists SnapKeep as "Data Not Collected."
- Clear the Screenshots stack. Keep the few that still matter, swipe away the rest.
- Clear the Blurry stack. SnapKeep has already flagged the sharp version of each burst, so this pass is fast.
- Empty Recently Deleted (Photos → Albums → Recently Deleted) to actually reclaim the space.
Keep it from piling up again
A quick SnapKeep sweep once a week keeps screenshots and misfires from ever becoming a project again — the app's cleanup streaks nudge you back before the pile grows. Your future self (and your storage bar) will thank you.
SnapKeep – Photo Cleaner
Auto-detect blurry photos, screenshots & duplicates. Free to start.