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diymond Author

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how do I delete all photos from iPhone 5 iOS7 - I do not want to upload them to my computer

iPhone 5 iOS 7 on a Mac

I need to delete all photos from my iPhone, I am running out of space and have over a 1000 pictures. My pictures are backed up through DropBox, so I do NOT want to import them to my computer. Every advice I have seen only either work with previous iOS or it requires me to upload all my photos to my computer and then I will be prompted to delete all photos. I don't understand why I cannot just delete all at once.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Dec 8, 2013 10:19 AM

63 replies

nfarah

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Jan 24, 2016 10:11 PM in response to DR E.B.

Thanks. This kinda saved my life.

thisma

Level 1

4 points

Jan 31, 2016 1:32 AM in response to DR E.B.

Make this faster, way faster

Make DR E.B.'s solution faster by making Image Capture's window as small as possible before clicking the delete button.

Reason this works

Image capture uses 100% of one cpu thread when deleting all the images from a device. It appears that this cpu usage is for updating the window as the files are deleted. In my test reducing the window from nearly full screen to the smallest I could make the window increased Image Capture's delete speed by more than 2 times.

Test Devices:

- MacPro Late 2013

AMD FirePro D700 6 GB

3.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5

OS X El Capitan

- iPhone 6s iOS 9.2.1

64 GB

acupcake

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Feb 19, 2016 2:58 AM in response to ytapun

exactly my problem too! 😟

how do I delete all photos from iPhone 5 iOS7 - I do not want to upload them to my computer