If opening your camera roll means facing thousands of screenshots, duplicates, blurry photos, and pictures you don’t even remember taking, cleaning it up can feel like a job you’ll never have time for.
The problem is that waiting until you have an hour to sort through everything usually means you never do it. Your camera roll keeps growing, your phone keeps filling up, and finding the photos you actually want gets harder.
There’s a much easier way to clean up your camera roll without spending an afternoon scrolling through years of photos.
In this video, I’ll show you how to create a simple iPhone Shortcut that turns camera roll cleanup into a tiny daily habit. Once it’s set up, one tap pulls up photos taken on that same calendar date across all the years you’ve owned your phone. Instead of tackling thousands of photos at once, you deal with one small batch at a time.
How can I clean up my camera roll without spending hours on it?
This method is especially helpful if you keep meaning to organize your photos but get overwhelmed before you even start.
The Shortcut does the searching for you. You can quickly spot old screenshots, random graphics, duplicates, and photos you no longer need, then delete what you don’t want. Once the Shortcut is created, the daily cleanup can take less than two minutes.
Watch the video for the step-by-step setup on your iPhone, including how to customize the Shortcut and add it to your Home Screen so it’s easy to use every day.
