iOS Guide

How to Remove Motion from
Live Photos on iPhone

Live Photos capture a short moment of video every time you take a photo — which is great for memories, but takes up roughly twice the storage of a regular still. Here's how to convert your Live Photos to standard images in bulk and reclaim that space instantly.

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What is a Live Photo? When you take a photo on iPhone, Live Photo mode (enabled by default) also records 1.5 seconds of video before and after the shutter. The result is a photo that "moves" when you press and hold it — but also a file roughly twice as large as a regular still.

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Open Dupie and go to Live Photos

Open Dupie on your iPhone. If prompted, tap Allow Full Access to let Dupie scan your photo library. Then tap Live Photos on the main screen. Dupie scans your library and shows you every Live Photo, grouped together with a summary of the total storage their motion data is using.

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Select which Live Photos to convert

Browse your Live Photos and tap to select the ones you want to convert. Tap the icon on the left of any photo to preview the Live Photo motion before converting. Tap Select All to convert your entire Live Photo library at once.

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Tap "Convert to Still"

Tap Convert to Still. iOS will prompt you to confirm the deletion of the motion data — when using Convert All, this prompt only appears once. Dupie strips the motion clip from each selected Live Photo, converting it to a standard JPEG still. The photo you see in your library is preserved exactly — only the hidden video clip is removed.

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Frequently asked questions

No. Converting a Live Photo to a still keeps the photo itself — the key frame — in full quality. Only the motion clip (the short video recorded before and after the shutter) is removed. Your photo will appear in your library exactly as before, just without the movement when you press and hold.
Each Live Photo is roughly twice the size of a standard still because it includes a hidden video clip alongside the image. If you have 500 Live Photos, converting them to stills could free up 500 MB to over 1 GB, depending on your camera settings.
No — once the motion data is removed, the conversion cannot be undone. The video clip is permanently deleted. If there are specific Live Photos you want to keep as Live (family moments, etc.), skip those and only convert the ones you're happy to make static.
Yes. If you use iCloud Photos, converting a Live Photo to a still updates the file in iCloud too — so you free up your iCloud storage quota as well as your device storage. This is one of the quickest ways to reduce your iCloud usage without deleting photos.
Live Photos are an Apple-exclusive format, so this guide and feature is iOS only. Dupie for Android is coming soon — join the waitlist at dupie.app to be notified when it launches.
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