I can't figure out how to delete pictures from my pictures folder for desktop. It would be nice if I could right click on the photo and have the option to delete. Thank you!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
babblingbrook wrote:
No, not the default. If I meant default Apple pictures I would have said so in my question. I am talking about pictures I can access thru iPhoto and downloaded ones from Facebook, etc.
If I meant default Apple pictures I would have said so
Not exactly the way to elicit help.
The poster's question was to help ascertain the facts - often times people are ambiguous in their questions. Often times, users are unfamiliar with terminology...
Without knowing where the source file is being stored, iphoto or a folder on the desktop, I would simply recommend you select said photo, and drag it to the trash bin in your dock. Hold down command to select many photos.
Hope this helped,
Finally iMac
Do you mean the Desktop Pictures folder in the Wallpaper settings?
In Finder > COMMAND+SHIFT+G and paste: /Library/Desktop Pictures
That will open the folder they are in so you can delete them. It will prompt for your password before it moves them to trash.
Are you meaning the default Desktop Pictures? If so, Volume/Library/DesktopPictures and find the one(s) you don't want and delete them.
No, not the default. If I meant default Apple pictures I would have said so in my question. I am talking about pictures I can access thru iPhoto and downloaded ones from Facebook, etc.
Those aren't the pictures I mean. I am not talking about the default pictures from Apple. I'm talking about my own pictures from iPhoto or ones I have downloaded from Facebook, etc.
They must be in iPhoto so look for them in your iPhoto LIbrary and delete or move to another Event or album.
babblingbrook wrote:
I am talking about pictures I can access thru iPhoto and downloaded ones from Facebook, etc.
If you have chosen iPhoto or some folder as a source for your desktop pictures, the only way to remove individual items from the choices you see in the System Preference is to delete them from iPhoto or from the folder they currently are in.
If you just want a particular selection of images to appear in your choices, copy them to a newly created folder somewhere in your home folder (a folder named something like "Pictures for Desktop" is a good name & the "Pictures" folder in your home folder is a good location). Then choose that folder in System Preferences & you won't have to sort through anything else.
I was being specific. On both my iMac (Snow Leopard) and Macbook Air (Mountain Lion), when I go to System Preferences> Desktop/Screen Saver and then look on the left side of the window, I see three file labels. One is Apple for the default pictures, one is iPhoto, and the last is Folders with subfiles one of which is called Pictures. When I said the Pictures Folder and iPhoto I thought I was making it clear that the Folder called Pictures and the Folder called iPhoto were the two places I was referencing. Are other Apple computers different than mine? All I'm saying is that if I had meant Apple>Desktop Pictures I would have specifically referenced it in my initial question. I hope this clarifies.
Thank you, I see you understood my question. The Folders>Pictures in System Preferneces>Desktop/Screensaver are pictures that I got off Facebook when you right click on a picture someone has posted and you have the option to set as desktop. When I do that they end up in the Pictures subfolder under the Folders label. Some of the pictures aren't worthy of being a desktop and I would like to delete them. I know that I can delete the whole folder but I don't see a way to delete them singlely(?). To me it just makes sense that one should be able to delete them one at a time if one wanted to. If that's not possible, I will make a separate folder with just the photos I want as desktops and then delete the whole Pictures Folder and then repopulate it with desktop worthy photos. Also, for some reason, several of the pictures that I "set to desktop" are not ending up in the said Pictures Folder and I don't know why. I didn't have that problem till recently.
I don't know how to do what you suggest in your second paragraph and I don't know what you mean when you say "home folder". I don't see a folder with that label?
Thank you!
Thank you. 🙂 I'll remember that.
Thanks. The only place I have a specific Folder named Pictures is System Preferences>Desktop/Screensaver>Desktop>Folders>Pictures. Pictures in that folder are ones that I have "set to desktop" from Facebook or some other place on the internet. I don't know how to delete single pictures from that Folder. I do know that I can delete the entire folder but that's not what I wanted to do. I will if I have to and repopulate it with just pictures that I know are desktop worthy. Whenever I see a photo I think might be a nice desktop I right click on it and set to desktop and it ends up in my Pictures Folder that I referenced above. It's not always desktop worthy but I don't know that until I set it to desktop and then I can't get rid of it from that Folder.
No, they aren't in iPhoto. I know how to work with iPhoto. I don't know if something has changed lately in System Preferences but when I used to go to Desktop to change to a different picture in the Folders>Pictures that I have "set to desktop" from Facebook or somewhere else on the 'net or from my iPhoto, they don't all show up in this Pictures Folder like they used to. I did recently delete a bunch of documents which were mostly pictures in iPhoto as well as the one in said folder. I checked to make sure they did't delete from iPhoto but didn't check to see if they would delete from said Folder. They did delete from said folder, the ones I wanted to keep as well as the others I didn't. I just simply want to delete single pictures from that Folder that are not desktop worthy after I started to repopulate it with Pictures. And for some not all the pictures I "set to desktop" go to that folder anymore. I like to be able to organize things to my preference and with this particular Folder, I can't or at least I don't know how to unless I delete the whole Folder and repopulate it with only pictures that are desktop worthy. Thank You!
Go to System Preferences>Desktop & Screen Saver>Desktop Pictures. Find the folder which contains these pictures in the list. Double-click it. This will open a Finder window of the folder above that folder, with that folder highlighted.
Double-click it and you will see its contents in the Finder window. You can check what any picture is by clicking it once to highlight it and hitting the space bar. If you don't like it you can drag it to the Trash in the usual way.
babblingbrook wrote:
I don't know how to do what you suggest in your second paragraph and I don't know what you mean when you say "home folder". I don't see a folder with that label?
Your home folder is the folder with a house icon on it (thus the name) in the top level "Users" folder on your hard drive. This is a very basic feature of OS X you should learn about. The easiest way to do that is to type "home folder" into the search box in Finder's "Help" menu item at the top of your screen when Finder is active (when "Finder" is the second item showing in the menu bar along the top of the screen).
Select the first item that search shows (named "The home folder"). Help Viewer will open & display the info you need to know.
How do I delete a picture from my desktop pictures folder on my iMac (Snow Leopard)?
