Select Multiple Photos

How

  1. Open the Photos app and navigate to an album or the Recents view
  2. Tap Select in the top-right corner
  3. Tap one photo, then without lifting your finger, drag across other photos to select them in a batch
  4. Tap Share, Delete, or Add to Album to act on the selection

Try this

Open Photos, tap Select, tap one photo, and drag diagonally across a row to select five or more photos at once. Tap Cancel to deselect without deleting.

Why it works

Select many photos at once by dragging across them.

Drag to select.

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