Can't delete synced photos on my iPad

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Can't delete synced photos on my iPad

Hi all, I synced a single folder of photos to my iPad a few weeks ago to take and show family on a recent trip. Now I'm back I want to remove them - the problem is un-syncing them via iTunes doesn't work - it asks me if I want to delete them, iTunes shows the sync is removed, but when I open the photos app on the iPad they're still there!

My wife subsequently deleted the folder, thinking that I'd finished with them, and so now I don't know how to get rid of them apart from doing a global reset of the iPad and then reinstalling all the apps on iTunes. Any better ideas?

Thanks, James

iMac 27 in 2.8 GHZ i7, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Oct 26, 2013 3:23 AM

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King_Penguin

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Oct 26, 2013 4:51 AM in response to jetset95

If you want to delete all synced photos from your iPad then try selecting and syncing an empty folder from your computer.

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jetset95 Author

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Oct 26, 2013 11:37 AM in response to King_Penguin

That did it thanks very much. Not sure why un-syncing / deleting doesn't work though...

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ixpl

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Jan 26, 2014 5:42 PM in response to jetset95

I also had large number of photos synced to the iPad and remained there even though I unchecked the "Sync Photos from iPhoto" option. The delete button within the Photos app was disabled so the photos couldn't be deleted from the app. I guess it was because the photos were synced from the iPhoto library therefore the delete button was disabled.

Finally I tried checked the "Sync Photos from iPhoto" option again, but chose the "Selected albums, Events, and Faces, and automatically include 'no Events'" option. After syncing, all photos except those taken by the iPad were removed.

Hope this would help similar situations.

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artelfer

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Oct 2, 2014 10:57 PM in response to ixpl

I tried not selecting "Sync Photos from". I tried setting Sync to "Selected albums, Events, and Faces, and automatically include 'no Events'" option. I tried Syncing an empty folder ... no luck. All my pictures (some thousands) are still iPad.

Does anyone have ANY idea of something that might work?

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Oct 23, 2014 10:37 AM in response to King_Penguin

It worked for me too. Thanks

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Kidbriar

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Apr 16, 2015 3:07 AM in response to ixpl

Thank you for the info on this. I was having the same problem since updating to IOS8. The photos and camera app couldn't be deleted from settings, iTunes kept syncing the photos even though that was unchecked, so after following your advice, only a few photos remain 🙂

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May 23, 2015 2:46 PM in response to ixpl

This did not help me. I tried "no Events", I tried just a few events. But still I can't get all the synced photos off my iPad.

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