Can't delete duplicate photos in iPad's Photo iOS 6

I have exactly the same problem. One of each photo on my MBP Retina (10.8.2) but two of each photo on my iPad 3 (iOS 6) and iPhone 4S (iOS 6). How to fix?

Ditto to you both and I have tried lots of suggestions to delete these mulitple entries to no avail plus this is taking up memory space on my IPAD

The links below have instructions for deleting photos.

iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236

iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App

http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app

Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)

http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only

How to Delete Photos from iPad

http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html

How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad

http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad

(With iOS 5.1, use 2 fingers)

How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream

http://www.cultofmac.com/124235/how-to-delete-photos-from-iclouds-photo-stream/

 Cheers, Tom 😉

Since iOS 6 I also can't delete photos. I've read all the ,knee jerk, replies regarding not being able to delete photos you upload via iTunes, I know! These are photos from the camera connection kit and a canon ixus camera, my iPad has never been connected to a Mac or PC...ever! It worked yesterday with iOS 5, not today with iOS 6.

I am also having the same problem. May we request apple software development team for solution?

I am also having this issue. I have Photo Stream turned off, nothing in my Camera Roll and I have disabled all Photo syncing in iTunes. I still have 1.4GB of photos on my iPad and no way to delete them.

Solved the problem of having a load of my iPhoto library in the iPad and not being able to delete it.

Plug in the iPad with USB and import any photos you want to keep into iPhoto. Delete after import, so there is nothing in the Camera Roll.

Go the photo syncing tab in iTunes. Turn on syncing, but don't select any items to sync, so you are telling it to sync nothing. Apply and sync. Turn off photo syncing. Sync.

All photos should now be gone from the iPad and you can start from fresh.

I think my issue was a corrupted preference telling the iPad to sync the "last 12 months" smart album from iPhoto, despite it not being selected.

Daniel: That worked for me. Thanks!

According to my experience it is good to use Image Capture utility on a Mac - this reads photos and movies on the iPad (and iPhone) - then you can select what to delete and what to leave.

It doesn't deal with photostream, albums, events etc but just opens the Photos that are not usually deletable. But honestly, I still can't see much logic in the photo management - the utility doesn't see some of the pictures on the iPad, but shows some I can't find on it on the other hand.

I just freed over 4GB of space anyway.

Unless I'm just not understanding something right Apple has just got another angry but previously happy customer. I finally put some photos onto my iPad 2 syncing via iTunes to a folder on my HD on a Mac. I'd previously only put them on via the card reader. Now I find in iOS6 that I cannot delete any of these photos individually or even the whole album from the iPad itself. This is simply an outrageous restriction of my ability to control what is or is not on my iPad. I do not always have access to a computer or want to access one and if I want to delete a photo it should just be no big deal and should be doable anytime and anyplace of my choosing. If I transfer images to a "new" album I can delete those but not the orginal one. Just not acceptable IMO.

You are preaching to the wrong choir. Preach here.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Thanks, Daniel. Following these steps solved the similar problem for me.

Hi

It was easier than that for me. I just syncd my photos to an empty folder on the PC. All my photos in "copies" just went, as Daniel suggested.

Note: I was actually trying to clear the iPad, so had already deleted all other photos.

Cheers

Tony