Photos still taking up memory after I deleted them all

[SoCalChevy]

I uploaded my photos to my computer and deleted them, only to go into Manage Storage and find that Photos and Camera are still taking up 441 MB. I have almost no storage left, and Photos and Camera is taking up the most space. When I go into "about" it says I have 6 videos and 119 photos, but when I go into Photos I don't. I have always deleted everything I upload to my computer. What can I do to erase these phantom photos and videos?
My phone is an iPhone 5.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello agan,

-Which version of iOS?
-Have you checked the Recently Deleted album in Photos and removed them from there?

C

 

[SoCalChevy]

Hello agan,

-Which version of iOS?
-Have you checked the Recently Deleted album in Photos and removed them from there?

C

iOS 8.1, and I have deleted the ones in the Recently Deleted album.

 

[Cory Cooper]

OK, thanks.

Is it the iPhone or iCloud storage that is almost full?

C

 

[SoCalChevy]

OK, thanks.

Is it the iPhone or iCloud storage that is almost full?

C

iPhone.
Sorry for taking so long to respond.

 

[Cory Cooper]

No worries.

There are several things that can take up storage classified as photos, other than the Photos app:
-apps
-email
-messages/texts
-Google Drive/Dropbox

Maybe some of the photos that it is seeing are in messages/texts - even the archived ones, or in other apps?

C

 

[SoCalChevy]

No worries.

There are several things that can take up storage classified as photos, other than the Photos app:
-apps
-email
-messages/texts
-Google Drive/Dropbox

Maybe some of the photos that it is seeing are in messages/texts - even the archived ones, or in other apps?

C

That makes sense. How should I go about deleting them?

 

[Jess Carr]

"SoCalChevy", you may check out this article: http://www.anysoftwaretools.com/fix-iphone-storage-almost-full/ (Disclosure: I actually wrote it :-/).

A restart or an iOS update might be needed to reflect the real storage space available (see Scenario #1). I hope you find other tips useful as well.

 

[SoCalChevy]

"SoCalChevy", you may check out this article: http://www.anysoftwaretools.com/fix-iphone-storage-almost-full/ (Disclosure: I actually wrote it :-/).

A restart or an iOS update might be needed to reflect the real storage space available (see Scenario #1). I hope you find other tips useful as well.

Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[SoCalChevy]

No worries.

There are several things that can take up storage classified as photos, other than the Photos app:
-apps
-email
-messages/texts
-Google Drive/Dropbox

Maybe some of the photos that it is seeing are in messages/texts - even the archived ones, or in other apps?

C

I was able to free up some space by deleting pictures from emails.