I just deleted 8 gigs of pictures off my phone and it does not reflect in the storage

[Android Central Question]

I was having warnings on my phone that I was running out of space. So I deleted over 8 gigs of pictures, downloads, etc.
The storage is pretty much the exact same!

What is going on and how do I clear the space???

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Which phone do you have? How did you delete the photos -- using the file manager app? Were those files on Internal Storage or the SD card?