What Is iPhone Photo Burst Mode?

Burst mode is a feature built into the Camera app that comes loaded on the iPhone and iPad. It lets you take a continuous stream of photos just by tapping and holding the shutter button. It’s terrific for taking action photos in situations where you can’t perfectly time tapping the shutter button. Burst mode takes 10 photos per second and lets you take a virtually unlimited number of photos. Once you’ve taken photos using iPhone Burst mode, you can then review them and choose to keep only the photos you want.

How to Use iPhone Burst Mode

Using Photo Burst mode on the iPhone or iPad is simple. Just follow these steps:

How to Choose the Burst Mode Photos You Want to Keep

After you’ve taken 10 or 20 or 100 (or more) photos using iPhone Burst mode, you probably want to select the images to keep and delete the rest. Here’s how: As long as you hold the shutter button, the Camera app takes 10 photos per second. A counter above the shutter button let you know how many images you’ve taken. After you make your choice, all the photos you chose not to save are deleted from your iPhone. The set of Burst mode photos shows up in the Camera app like a single image, except for the text at the top of the screen that says Burst (xx photos).

How to View Burst Mode Photos in the iOS Photos App

Want to go back and check out the Burst mode photos you’ve taken in the past? All of the Burst mode photos you’ve saved are stored in their own album in the iOS Photos app. Here’s how to find them: