Delete All Photos from an iPhone

This article teaches you how to remove all the pictures from the Photos app on your iPhone.

Steps

On iPhone

  1. Open the Photos app. It's a white app with a multicolored flower icon.
  2. Tap Albums. It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
  3. Tap All Photos. It's at the top of the screen.
  4. Tap Select. It's in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  5. Tap all photos in the album. There is no "select all" feature in the Photos app, so you must manually select all the photos you want to delete.
  6. Tap the trash can icon. It's in the lower-right corner of the screen.
  7. Tap Delete (#) Items. This moves all the photos in the album to the "Recently Deleted" folder.
  8. Tap Albums. It's in the upper-left corner of the screen.
  9. Scroll down and tap Recently Deleted. It's a gray square with a trash can icon.
  10. Tap Select. It's in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  11. Tap Delete All. It's in the lower-left corner of the screen.
  12. Tap Delete (#) Items. This deletes all photos from your iPhone.
    • To prevent photos from other devices that use your Apple ID from appearing on your iPhone, open Settings, tap your Apple ID, then tap iCloud and Photos. Slide iCloud Photo Library and Upload to My Photo Stream to the "Off" (white) position.

On Desktop

  1. Open your iPhone's Settings. It's a gray app that contains gears (⚙️) and is typically located on your home screen.
  2. Tap your Apple ID. It's the top section in the Settings menu that contains your name and image if you've added one.
    • If you haven't signed with your Apple ID, tap Sign in to your iPhone and follow the on-screen prompts to sign in.
  3. Tap iCloud. It's in the second section of the menu.
  4. Tap Photos. It's near the top of the "APPS USING ICLOUD" section.
  5. Slide "iCloud Photo Library" to the "On" position. It will turn green. Photos on your iPhone will now be saved to iCloud.
  6. Go to iCloud. Use a Web browser on your desktop computer.
  7. Enter your Apple ID and password. Do so in the labeled fields.
  8. Click on Photos. It's the icon with the multi-colored flower in the top row of apps.
    • Alternatively, on a Mac or PC running Windows 10 that has been signed into with your Apple ID and on which iCloud Photo Library is enabled, you can open the Apple Photos app.
  9. Click on All Photos. It's in the upper-left corner of the screen, under the "Albums" section.
  10. Press and hold ⌘. There's one on either side of the spacebar.
    • On PC, use the control key.
  11. Click on the last photo in the album. Place your cursor over the last photo at the bottom of the window.
  12. Click on each photo in the album. Do so while holding the ⌘ (Mac) or control (PC) key.
    • Do so until all photos in the iCloud Photo Library have been selected.
  13. Click on the trash can icon. It's at the top of the window.
  14. Click on Delete (#) Items. This moves the photos to the "Recently Deleted" folder.
  15. Click on Recently Deleted. It's a trash can icon in the "Albums" section.
  16. Click on Delete All. It's in the upper-right corner of the window.
  17. Click on Delete (#) Items. All photos have now been removed from your iCloud Photo Library and will be deleted from your iPhone the next time Photos refreshes.



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