how do i delete empty photo albums from icloud.com

I had a similar issue with ghost albums showing up in iCloud.com but not in photos on OS X or iOS. It seemed to be related to the conversion from iPhoto to iCloud photo library. While I was on hold with apple support, I noticed a folder in Photos on OS X called "iPhoto Events". I went in and there were all my ghost albums. I nuked them all since they were empty anyway and this cleared up the ghost albums showing up in iCloud.com. I'm not sure if this the same issue that others were experiencing, but I thought I would share for others that find this issue.

Hi all.

I've been having this (and many other similar) issued with the iCloud.com Photos app. It's been going on for almost 3 months and many discussions with AppleCare (who just put it down to bugs that need to be fixed).

I enabled iCloud Photo Library about 1 week ago and as soon as I enabled it, it brought back my old library but just the photos couldn't be found. I decided I had to give up worrying about the Photos app on there and just use it on my Mac and iOS devices where they all worked fine.

But today, something happened out of the blue.. The moment I have been waiting for!

THIS

THIS FIXES EVERYTHING!!!!!

As soon as the process finished, it removed all my duplicate photos, all my ghosted photos that just showed an exclamation mark, and ghosted albums/folders too! 😀

Now everything is perfect. I have my folders back, with albums actually inside them and not just sitting in the root, and all my photos are in perfect order and line up perfectly with the rest of my devices.

Before anyone asks, unfortunately I did absolutely nothing to trigger it. It was completely random, and it happened 1 week after I enabled iCloud Photo Library.

I only hope it happens to everyone else soon!

Good luck to all!

Dear All,

After the long wait finally the problem get fixed by itself :-)

Although this should have been sorted out much much earlier..!

The iCloud.com Photos app has been updated today.

if you look, you can now create, edit, rename and delete albums.

Haven't noticed any additional functions yet but will keep a look out!

I have this problem but I don't have 650 albums. I only have a hand full. I started to merge my iMac photo's to that of iCloud.com. When I realised it was backing up all my photo's from my iMac to iCloud.com I didn't want this, as this will cost me more money for storage (and I already back up my photo in time machine). Therefore I turn off the icloud.com function on my iMac and now I have the phantom albums in icloud.com. Why doesn't APPLE GIVE US THE FUNCTIONALITY TO DELETE ALBUMS IN ICLOUD.COM???????

Where is this functionality as I can't see it in icloud.com??

Easy to delete selfmade albums:

Just enter the album, look in the top center, there is the name of the album. To the right of the name there is an "i" with a circle around it, click that!

A small po-up appears where you can delete album and other stuff.

on the computer I am able to at the icloud website. Click on the album and there is an i in a circle for info, click that and you can either rename or delete the album.

I have the same problem, when I turn on the share option, a ghost empty album apear in my all devices. I was in touch with Apple Support by twitter and then couldn't help me, they open a case, also I wrote to Tim Cook ********. Now I am wanting for a solution is annoying see Ghost Album.

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I tried this, but when I go to iCloud in the web, the album not apear, only apear in my devices when I turn on the share option.

How I search and album in the web iCloud by name, do you know.

Simple but non intuitive solution.

In iCloud, open the empty folder.

In the top bar there is an info icon (an i in a circle). Click on it and a popup will appear.

There is a link to Delete the Album in the popup.

Thank You! Thank You! Your simple advice works perfectly. I hope others can also see it -- there were many other suggestions prior to yours that just didn't get to the root of the question.