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AlexMckie

Q: How do you remove all the photos in photostream in one go i.e reset?

I have a new Mac and iphone and when I turn on photostream it downloads thousands of pics that have been taken since photostream started. I don't want it to do that, I just want to reset the photo stream and start with zero pics as its being downloading on the new iMac now for 2 days and its still goinig.

 

There used to be a reset option on the icloud site but it has vanished, so how do I do it? Surely I I'm not expected to wait days for each device to download all pics before I can delete them?

Posted on Apr 8, 2013 11:50 AM

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Q: How do you remove all the photos in photostream in one go i.e reset?

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  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Apr 8, 2013 2:03 PM in response to AlexMckie
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    Apr 8, 2013 2:03 PM in response to AlexMckie

    From where do you want to remove the PS photos? A mobile device or iPhoto on your Mac?  If you have them all in iPhoto on your Mac (up to 1000 allowed) go to the PS in iPhoto, select all of the photos there and Control (right)-click on them.  Select Delete from Photo Stream in the contextual menu that appears:

    iP9psdelete.png

     

    If they aren't in iPhoto let them download (as that wouldl be faster than downloading to a mobile device and easier to delete from.  The follow the workflow above.  in the meantime turn of Photo Stream on your mobile devices until the photos have been deleted:

    iPhone-Settings-iCloud.png

     

    OT