[GUIDE] How To Delete A Photo Album in IOS 7

[Just_Me_D]

I've come across several posts recently asking how to delete photo albums in iOS 7. Well, I put together this very short tutorial depicting exactly how to do it.

Step 1: Initiate the Photos app.



Step 2: Tap on "albums" in the bottom right corner of the screen.



Step 3: Tap on "Edit" in the upper right corner of the screen.



Step 4: Tap the red circle in front of the album you want to delete.



Step 5: Tap on "Delete".



Step 6: Confirm that you want to "Delete Album" at the bottom of the screen.



Step 7: Select "Done" in the upper right corner of the screen.

That's all there is to it. Thank you for reading.

 

[taz323]

Nicely done

 

[Jaguarr40]

Very well done and as usual simple and easy instruction to understand.

 

[Jon R1]

Hi - I followed this exactly as you instructed, - but no red dot appears next to the albums ??

 

[Just_Me_D]

Hi - I followed this exactly as you instructed, - but no red dot appears next to the albums ??

I have no idea why you aren't seeing what is depicted in the above pics. I just created another test album and the process for deleting it was exactly the same as above.

 

[Massie]

How To Delete A Photo Album in IOS 7

Hi - I followed this exactly as you instructed, - but no red dot appears next to the albums ??

Is it an album that's synced from iTunes? If so you need to uncheck it in iTunes next time you sync.

What is the name of the album? Do you remember making it?

 

[singlemaltmark]

Rather than 'Albums', mine displays as 'Events From my Mac'. When I select edit, no red dot appears, except beside another folder titled '1nr' (what is 1nr?). I'm a tech ***** and to make matters worse, I'm lazy, but I've grown tired of being challenged by my Macbook Pro and this iPhone 5. I've got some time on my hands the next few nights so will be digging around through these threads.

 

[opinion02122]

Not all my albums have check marks. The only albums that have the check mark were those taken by my iPad. I THINK the others were, somehow, transferred from my computer. How do I delete them?

 

[John 1947]

Hi
Want to reduce space taken on my I phone by sorting out photos .have IOS 7 .
Have read advice about deleting albums but from what I can see Camera Roll and Photo Stream do not duplicate all photos .I appear to have photos on Camera Roll that are noton My Photo Stream .
Do I have to go through them one at a time to move them ? And then delete Camer Roll?
Help !

 

[blahblahbaby]

I believe the person is looking to delete the camera roll, which isn't an option.
Fastest way to delete all photos on iOS7:
Instead of album view, tap on "photos" on the bottom left. If it says "Collections" or "Years" at the top of your screen, tap through them until it says "Moments". In the top right corner, tap select, and now you can select a group of photos all at once. (These photos include the Photostream!!!)

The old iOS6 had a couple ways of deleting all the photos on your phone at once, but with iOS7, they don't work.

You can still connect your phone to your computer. If you're on Mac, use the program "Image Capture" and you can delete them all without backing them up to your computer, or select "Delete after transfer" if you do back them up.
On windows - think you can go into my computer or something and delect them all, or again, delete after import. I don't have windows so i'm not really sure.

 

[blahblahbaby]

Hi
Want to reduce space taken on my I phone by sorting out photos .have IOS 7 .
Have read advice about deleting albums but from what I can see Camera Roll and Photo Stream do not duplicate all photos .I appear to have photos on Camera Roll that are noton My Photo Stream .
Do I have to go through them one at a time to move them ? And then delete Camer Roll?
Help !

In settings >photos & Camera, make sure the "My photo stream" is on. This uploads new photos when connected to Wi-Fi.

I do not personally know of a way to add them to photostream manually.
I just posted about how to delete the camera roll. There's no way to delete it all in iOS7 with one tap.

 

[obama4498]

This is a bogus instruction. In the album view and edit, there is no red indicator to select an album for deleting.

Bill

 

[Just_Me_D]

This is a bogus instruction. In the album view and edit, there is no red indicator to select an album for deleting.

Bill

Really?

 

[Spat]

If I manage to delete camera roll photos will it also delete my iPhoto pics? I don't want to delete iPhoto. Thanks

 

[CC Clubchair]

Bogus? maybe not.

The RED Dot for delete is missing if the album was SYNCHED from iTunes.

I was perplexed this for a bit.

Solution, connect iPhone to iTunes, go the Photos tab, uncheck the checkbox and click Apply button to synch and remove album(s).

Hope that helps.

IMO it sucks that you can't delete a synched album "in the field". It's highly probable one would need to clear some storage in order to shoot more photos or vid.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Bogus? maybe not.

The RED Dot for delete is missing if the album was SYNCHED from iTunes.

I was perplexed this for a bit.

Solution, connect iPhone to iTunes, go the Photos tab, uncheck the checkbox and click Apply button to synch and remove album(s).

Hope that helps.

IMO it sucks that you can't delete a synched album "in the field". It's highly probable one would need to clear some storage in order to shoot more photos or vid.

Did you see the information in post #6 of this thread?…

 

[Mellisa Trollinger]

THANK YOU!!!! my husband accidently added 3000 photos to his phone and I could not figure out how to remove them.. this saved me! Thanks again!

 

[kataran]

Thanks D

Well done

 

[pr1nce]

Good information D. Thanks

 

[Charmaine Hart]

Unfortunately my iphone4 does not have the red circle option to delete Albums in Photo App. Any other suggestions, thanks??