PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets not working some time

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Created Jun ’23

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Hello Team, I try to delete photo from Photos for that i used this method,

[[PHPhotoLibrary sharedPhotoLibrary] performChanges:^{
[PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets:@[assetToDelete]];
completionHandler:^(BOOL success, NSError *error) {
 }];

This method pops up a dialog with Don't Allow or Delete. But some time in some iPhones not respond PHAssetChangeRequest deleteAssets method that's why that completionHandler not called because of that i can't perform any operation of PHPhotoLibrary then after. If I restart my iPhone then it works. Many users of my app complained about this issue. I have an iPhone 11 with iOS 15.3. But some iOS 12,14,16 users also face the same issue.

So what exact issue is there? Is it related to iOS or a method?

Thanks, Ankur

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Answer 1

urix OP

Jul ’25

I have the same issue. Some times it works again but after few deletions it stops for a long time and nothing helps

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Answer 2

vsmedia OP

2w

Since iOS 26, our users have also been experiencing this issue. Unfortunately, we can't find a solution on our side. On some devices, the completionHandler is never called, and afterward, you can no longer perform any operations on PHPhotoLibrary.

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Answer 3

juniperphoton OP

1w

It's getting worse and worse since iOS 26. I have to tell users to kill the app or even restart the iPhone when encountering this issue, which will still happen after a while after restarting.

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