How can I delete old photos on my iPhone without a trash icon?

Old photos on my iPhone I want to delete but there is no trash icon. They don't appear on Image Capture on my Macbook, and they are not in a Sync folder. I have never used iCloud Photos and have never used the Photos application, and the iCloud website says I have zero photos. Any idea how to delete these?


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Posted on Jul 19, 2024 8:56 PM

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Posted on Jul 19, 2024 9:11 PM

OKAY so it turns out what I had to do was to change the SYNC folder in MacOS Finder to some other folder, then sync, then it will ask to delete all existing synced photos, then it will load the new folder, then switch it back to the previous sync folder. Case closed.

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Jul 19, 2024 9:12 PM in response to Gnarlodious

Gnarlodious Said:

"How can I delete old photos on my iPhone without a trash icon?: Old photos on my iPhone I want to delete but there is no trash icon. They don't appear on Image Capture on my Macbook, and they are not in a Sync folder. I have never used iCloud Photos and have never used the Photos application, and the iCloud website says I have zero photos. Any idea how to delete these?"

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Deleting Old Photos:


A. About No Photos in iCloud Photos:

If never uploaded to iCloud, then they simply will not show up. So, that is why you do not see them... Go Here: Set Up and Use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


B. Expert to a Computer (Mac, or PC, even)

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