How To Use The New iOS 27 Cleanup Tool ? (Get Better Performance Now), by Tutorial River on YouTube. 1 min 18 s.
- Video length
- 1 min 18 s
- Time to do it
- 5 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 7
What you need
Steps
Update your iPhone to iOS 27 under Settings, General, Software Update. Clean Up needs the newest Photos app and Apple Intelligence switched on in Settings.
Open the Photos app and tap the picture you want to change. Duplicate it first if you want to keep the untouched original.
Tap Edit in the top right corner, then find Clean Up among the editing tools. It sits with the Apple Intelligence photo options.
Tap Clean Up and give it a second to load. Brush your finger over the object, person or distraction you want to remove.
Lift your finger. The tool deletes that area and fills the space with matching background, so check the edges for smears or repeated patterns.
Brush again over anything it missed. Tap the undo arrow to step back, and pinch to zoom in on small things like wires or litter.
Tap Done to save your edit. If you skipped the duplicate, the change saves over your original photo.
Tips and common mistakes
Use short brush strokes on one object at a time instead of dragging over the whole photo.
Clean Up works best on simple backgrounds like sky, grass or plain walls, so expect rougher edges in busy scenes.
Zoom in before you brush so you remove only the object and not the detail around it.
Duplicate the photo first, then you can compare the cleaned version with the original later.
Questions
Does Clean Up work on every iPhone?
No. It relies on Apple Intelligence, so you need a supported model such as an iPhone 15 Pro or newer running iOS 27.
Can I undo a Clean Up edit?
Yes. Tap the undo arrow in the editor before you tap Done, or reopen the photo, tap Edit and use Revert to go back to the original.
Does Clean Up need an internet connection?
The processing happens on your iPhone, so you can clean up photos without being online.
This guide was drafted from the video's details and general task knowledge. It has not been checked against the full video. Check the video and relevant product instructions before following a procedure. Report a correction.
