The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.

You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.

We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.

hlmcharleyl Author

Level 1

10 points

this photo is not editable

how do i delete a photo from my iphone x that says it is not editable. the photo is in my photos tab and not the albums tab...

Posted on Aug 10, 2020 8:30 AM

Top-ranking reply

ryane77

Community Specialist

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 10:54 AM

Hello hlmcharleyl,

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. We see that you are trying to remove a photo from your iPhone but it can not be edited.

This is happening because the photo was synced to the phone from a computer at some point in time. In order to remove it from your iPhone you will have to deselect the photo or photos that you want to remove via the computer and sync it again.

Check out the section titled Remove automatically synced photos from your device, from this article:

Sync photos between your Mac and iPhone or iPad.

Cheers!

View in context

this photo is not editable

Similar questions