How do you select multiple photos in iCloud?

Agree with the fed-up users on here : Extremely annoying that Apple would change the simple, common, fundamental functionality of being able to Shift-Click to select multiple photos from "All Photos". Especially since it was already there!! It's baffling as to why they would even take this out. Restore this immediately, please.

On a Mac with MacOS 10.10.3 or newer use the Photos.app to download all photos from iCloud to na new, empty library. Then export the photos from Photos to a folder on the drive where you want them, if you do not want to use Photos for your photos. On a PC use iCloud for Windows (Download iCloud for Windows) to download all photos at once: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH23053?locale=en_US

Why use the web interface at www.icloud.com to manage large amounts of photos in your iCloud Photo Library? Use the specific tools available on your devices.

• On a Mac sync a new, empty Photos Library with your iCloud Photo Library. Then you can select all photos with ⌘A to delete them.
• On a Windows PC use the iCloud for Windows application to delete multiple photos.
• On an iOS device use the Photos.app to select multiple phots by swiping across them.

This isn't a proper solution, but can be workable in some situations for group deletion.

Use the "share" icon (in the upper right of a set of photos) to initiate a share operation. When it shows a pop-up asking what destination to share to (Facebook, Email), click outside the pop-up so it disappears. The group of photos will remain selected. Now click on the trash icon to delete the entire set (or control-click to de-select some prior to deleting).

No, sorry, but when you press and hold the Command key, you can select any photos you want in any order you want. As long as you continue to hold down the key, you can select randomly as you wish.

Best,

GB

Hi there

I don't know if you found it already.

I will set the solution here just in case other people are searching for it on this page.

I do only know it for windows pc's

On windows its the "alt" key.

And I think on a apple pc its the "option" key OR the "Command" key.

Hope this helps

Use control instead of shift.

If you are on your mac, you can hold down the command key and select each picture you want to do something to. This should allow you to multi select.

I think you can't select all of them at the moment, although it would be very useful.

Instead, try Ctrl + Left Click and select multiple pictures.

I hope this was helpful 🙂

Merry Christmas! 😁

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem or a suggestion for change. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem/suggested change solved sooner.

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I was attempting to download multiple photos from iCloud, and could not get this to work. However, I found a reasonable work-around. I connected my iPhone to my desktop computer (a PC). A dialog box opened at the lower right corner asking what do I want to happen when the iPhone connects to the PC. I selected download photos to my Pictures folder. The entire library downloaded to the PC.

PEOPLE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WWW.ICLOUD.COM.

It does not matter if you are from WINDOWS or APPLE.

The main issue is that is you cannot select multiple files at once/drag the cursor the select files.

THERE IS NO WAY AROUND THIS until Apple does something about it.

Nothing else to do apart from leaving product feedback and pray the universe that they fix this issue soon.

THAT IS ALL.

!!!!!!!!!!!And remember, the issue is the online version of iCloud and NOT THE PHOTOS APP!!!!!!!!!!

dirtyduke wrote:

I see this is an old thread but still an issue. Now when I use the control button it doesn’t let me select multiple pictures one at a time, unreal.

I found a work around when you select to share the pictures from a particular moment they all get highlighted, then close out the social media share pop up and hit download.

It’s really annoying though that a company like Apple can’t master an everyday function that people use on a regular basis.

Did you try the Alt key?

If you have a complaint, share it with Apple: Apple - Feedback

This is a user to user technical support forum. Your complaint is pointless here.

GB

As of this date 11,000 people all have the same problem. Apple has failed (intentionally or unintentionally) to provide basic editing functions for lists of items in a web application. For decades, those functions have included the ability to select multiple items for copying, downloading, or deletion. Apple decided not to allow customers to do that.

Apparently Apple feels that customers have nothing better to do than click photos one at a time. Or perhaps Apple is counting on inertia - customers will leave all their photos in place in their icloud account, and add more photos over time, requiring storage plan upgrades, and therefore pay Apple more money over time.

Actually, the logical response to this is to give Apple less money. I just reverted to the free storage plan.

Same problem, used to be able to use shift key to select range of pictures and CTRL key (PC) to select multiple specific. No longer able to do this. So now in order to download more than 1 I have to go to my ipad, select them since the select function is still there on the Iphone/Ipad, download them to Icloud drive and then move them where I want on my PC. This is really stupid.