Offload: Photos to SD Card

Out of storage? Offload moves your oldest photos and videos to an SD card, verifies every one, then clears the originals. No cloud, no account, nothing uploaded.

Offload frees up space on your iPhone by moving your oldest photos and videos to an SD card - verified, and without the cloud.

Connect an SD card or USB drive through a card reader. Offload copies your oldest originals there, checks every copy byte-for-byte, and only then moves the originals to Recently Deleted, where they stay recoverable for 30 days. No account, no uploads - nothing leaves your device.

WHY OFFLOAD • Free up the space you choose. Offload picks your oldest photos until they add up to the amount you set - say 1 GB. • Faithful originals. The original file as your camera saved it, including both halves of a Live Photo. Never a re-compressed copy. • Verified before anything is deleted. Every copy is SHA-256 checked, and you confirm twice - in Offload, then in iOS's own delete prompt - before any original leaves your library. • Review before you commit. See exactly which photos will go, and adjust the selection first. • Private by design. No sign-in, no analytics, no servers - just your device, your card, and (for iCloud photos) your own iCloud.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Choose a destination - an SD card, a USB drive, or any folder in Files.
2. Tap Free up and review the oldest photos Offload picked. Deselect keepers or sweep in more.
3. Confirm. Offload copies, verifies, then moves the originals to Recently Deleted.

GOOD TO KNOW • Edits you made in Photos aren't carried over - the card gets the unedited original. • A folder on your iPhone works as a destination, but it doesn't free any space. Offload warns you when that's the case.

Offload needs access to your full photo library to find your oldest photos and copy faithful originals - used only on your device, never uploaded.