Swipe to delete photos — clean your camera roll like Tinder

Your camera roll has thousands of photos, and nobody wants to tick them one by one. The swipe approach works differently: photos appear one at a time, full-screen, and each decision takes one gesture — like Tinder, but for your own photo library.

Why swiping beats checkboxes

• One decision, one gesture. No selecting, scrolling or hunting for the delete button.
• You see the whole photo. A thumbnail will not tell you if a shot is blurry or someone blinked; full-screen, you see it instantly.
• No fear of mistakes. A swipe only marks a photo; everything is deleted with one confirmation at the end.
• Cleanup becomes a game. Short 5–10 minute sessions are easier to start than a “big cleanup”.

How to clean your camera roll with Nixo

1. Install Nixo from the App Store or the Android APK and allow photo access.
2. Choose what to sort: all photos, videos, screenshots or favorites.
3. Swipe left to send a photo to Nixo’s trash, right to keep it. Love a shot? Favorite it without leaving the flow.
4. At the end, confirm deletion with one tap — nothing is deleted without it. The app shows how many megabytes you freed.

Where to start to free the most space

• Videos. One video weighs as much as hundreds of photos — a few swipes free gigabytes.
• Screenshots. There are lots of them and most are throwaway — each decision takes a second.
• Bursts. Out of five identical shots keep the best one, swipe the rest left.
• Old photos later. Years-old photos take longer — they hold more memories. Save them for separate sessions.

How not to delete too much

• When in doubt, swipe right. Coming back to a photo later is easier than recovering a deleted one.
• On iPhone, deleted photos stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days; on Android — in the gallery or Google Photos trash.
• If iCloud Photos or Google Photos sync is on, deleting on the phone deletes from the cloud too.

More ways to free up space: how to free up storage on iPhone and how to clean your gallery on Android.