Search the metadata Photos overlooks
Combine duration, available file size, date, resolution, recording type, favourite status, hidden status, and local availability.
Find the videos using your space.
Search Apple Photos by duration, available file size, date, resolution, and recording type—privately, on your iPhone.
Built for iOS 18 and later. App Store release planned.
Stays on your device
Photos, videos, metadata, and searches are never uploaded.
Metadata-first
The initial scan does not download full-resolution iCloud videos.
You stay in control
Selection, review, warning, and Apple’s confirmation come first.
A clearer view of your video library.
Library Surgeon is designed for large, long-lived Photos libraries where the biggest storage decisions are hard to see.
Start with useful smart searches
Jump directly to accidental short clips, long recordings, the largest videos, screen recordings, slow motion, and time-lapses.
Review before any deletion
Preview, select, and review each item. Nothing is removed automatically, and Apple Photos provides the final system confirmation.
See honest storage information
Known sizes are totalled clearly. Unavailable or incomplete sizes are identified instead of being presented as exact.
Useful searches, ready from the start.
Smart searches turn common video-library questions into an immediate list you can inspect.
- Videos under 2 seconds
- Videos under 5 seconds
- Videos over 5 minutes
- Videos over 10 minutes
- Videos larger than 500 MB
- Videos larger than 1 GB
- Largest 20 videos
- Screen recordings
- Slow-motion videos
- Time-lapse videos
Your library does not become our data.
There is no account, backend, analytics, advertising, AI service, or third-party tracking. A local index stores selected metadata only on your device so later launches can be faster.
Clear access, clear purpose
Photo access is used only to inspect metadata, show requested previews, change favourites when asked, and submit explicitly selected deletions.
Four deliberate steps. No surprise deletions.
Find
Open a smart search or combine your own metadata filters.
Inspect
Sort results and preview the videos that need a closer look.
Review
Check the full selection and the known storage represented.
Confirm
Approve the in-app warning, then Apple Photos’ system confirmation.
Recently Deleted still applies
Deleted media moves to Recently Deleted in Apple Photos and may not free storage immediately.
Know what is taking up space.
Library Surgeon for iPhone is preparing for App Store release.