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Storage and cleanup

RepRecap clips live in your iPad's Photos library. That means:

  • Their space is counted under Photos, not under RepRecap, in Settings.
  • If you have iCloud Photos turned on, they sync to iCloud (using your iCloud storage).
  • They survive deleting and reinstalling RepRecap.

How much space am I using?

To see total iPad storage usage:

  1. Settings → General → iPad Storage.
  2. Wait a moment for the breakdown to populate.
  3. Photos shows the total size of the Photos library, including RepRecap clips.

To see just the RepRecap album:

  1. Open the Photos app.
  2. Tap Albums.
  3. Find RepRecap — .
  4. The number of items is shown; tap into the album to see thumbnails.

There's no per-album size readout in Photos, but a rough estimate is:

  • ~5–20 MB per clip
  • ~30–100 MB per reel
  • Multiply by the count visible in the album.

Deleting clips from RepRecap

  1. Open the Library tab in RepRecap.
  2. Tap a clip → Delete. Or Select multiple → Delete.
  3. Confirm.

Deleting from RepRecap removes the clip from the Photos album too. iOS moves the clip into Recently Deleted, where it stays for 30 days before being permanently removed. If you change your mind, you can recover it from Photos within that window.

Deleting reels from RepRecap

Same workflow as clips:

  1. Reels tab → tap a reel → Delete.
  2. Confirm.

Reels are also stored in the Photos album, so deleting from RepRecap removes them from Photos.

Freeing space without losing clips

If you want to keep clips long-term but get them off the iPad:

  1. Make sure iCloud Photos is enabled (Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Photos → Sync this iPad). This backs up your RepRecap album to iCloud.
  2. After verifying the clips are in iCloud (visible at iCloud.com → Photos), you can:
    • Turn on Optimize iPad Storage (Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Photos). iOS will replace the full-resolution files with thumbnails on the iPad and keep originals in iCloud.
    • Or delete clips from the iPad after archiving them elsewhere (download from iCloud.com to your laptop, copy to an external drive, etc.).

The second approach has a sharp edge: once a clip is no longer in the Photos album, RepRecap can't include it in new reels or tag it. So archive first, then delete only if you're sure you won't need it in a reel.

How long should I keep clips?

There's no right answer, but practical patterns:

  • Through the season — keep everything until the season ends and you've built end-of-season reels.
  • Through the off-season — keep highlight clips (5–10 per athlete) as reference for next year's tryouts. Delete the rest.
  • Permanently — for athletes moving on to high school or college, the end-of-season reel is often a keepsake. Export it to Photos on a personal phone or upload to a personal cloud account.

A season is rarely a storage problem

Even a heavy-use season (100+ clips, 10+ reels) is usually under 2 GB. Most iPads have far more space than that, and iCloud Photos manages overflow if you're tight.

The main thing to manage is at the season transition — decide what to archive and what to delete before you start a new season's clips piling up.

Last updated 2026-05-11