delete imported photos

If photos were synced from your computer then they can't be deleted directly on the iPad, you will need remove/de-select them from where you synced it from on your computer and re-sync.

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

Photos that were synced from your computer are deleted by moving/removing/de-selecting them from where they were synced from on your computer and then re-syncing.

If you want to delete all synced photos then you can either select and sync an empty folder, or try Settings > General > Usage > Photos & Cameras (under the 'Storage' heading), and then swipe across the 'Photo Library' line - that should give a Delete button, which should delete synced photos (though I haven't tried it).

Texas Mac Man wrote:

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/2017/06/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/2017/06/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

iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Delete photos from iPhoto

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph3137

How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad

http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2017/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 😉

Thank you for your help. I have tried all that with no luck.

The steps King_Penguin listed will delete your synced photos. They will however sync back as storage space is freed up when syncing with iTunes till your sync settings are changed.

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

iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Delete photos from iPhoto

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph3137

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 😉

This is a moronic feature by Apple.

I am travelling for 5 weeks from hotel to hotel relying on wifi for internet access for my iPad.

There are no computers to use to access iTunes.

I bought a wifi hard disk as a back up for the multitude of photos I have taken both by the iPad and my camera.

So the idea is to load from the SD card to the iPad, transfer to the HDD and/Dropbox and then delete from iPad, leaving the original copy on the SD card and a back on either or both the HDD and Dropbox.

I can backup and delete photos from the camera role.

I can import the photos from the cameras SD card using the apple dongle to my iPad but these do not become part of the camera roll.

I can then back up to either or both the wifi hard disk or Dropbox

BUT, once I have backed them up I can not remove them from the iPad.

The result is that the iPad got fuller and fuller, I had to delete all my music, all the videos I had loaded to watch when there was no English TV until my iPad got too full so for the last couple of weeks there has been no backups at all except for camera roll to dropbox.

If you've copied the photos to the iPad via the camera connection kit then you should be able to delete them in the iPad's Photos app - I can select photos/videos from the Imported album in the Photos app and delete them, it's only photos synced from a computer that can't be deleted directly on the iPad.

nope, it does not work. cannot swipe anything.

That post that you replied to is over 18 months old and refers to a previous version of iOS. To delete photos that you synced from your computer you will need to reconnect your iPad to your computer's iTunes and change your photo sync selection

I think the problem is iCloud. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-switch-off-icloud-photos-2014-9

Here's how I finally got rid of 5,000 photos on my iPad. I won't go into great detail because iTunes seems to change every week and iCloud remains a complete mystery to me.

1. Turn off everything to do with iCloud on your device.

2. Do the same on your Mac.

3. Open iTunes and select your device. Click on "Photos" and then go to the synch screen. Ask it to sync but only pick 1 photo - then click sync.

4. Boom, everything disappears from your device (I had to shut down and then reopen my iPad.

HEY APPLE - how about a big device button that says "DELETE LOTS OF STUFF AT ONCE"?

This worked for me! Thanks.

Hogboy, thank you. I know it's an older thread but it worked for me today. And nothing else did. Huge hassle, now solved.