Delete multiple photos from iCloud

Dec 2017 update ** . YES this works, (Thank . you msmsys and MadElain) open your browser as big on screen as you can make it.

BUT...HUGE BUT.. you can only select ONE DAY.. So if you have a gallery of 4 years... all separated by date... this doesn't help much... But it is better than anything else.

My issue, is that the freaking photos app "Can't upload your photos to icloud" with absolutely ZERO reason why... so I wanted to nuke it, and start over.

Apple... You have totally lost your way.

"It just doesn't work"

If you're willing to do some programming, then you can do it fairly easily with a few lines:

api = PyiCloudService(YOURUSERNAME)

photos_iter = iter(api.photos.all)

for i, photo in enumerate(photos_iter):

print(f"Deleting file {photo.filename}")

photo.delete()

You just need to install this code from here:

git clone http://www.github.com/picklepete/pyicloud

cd pyicloud

and then add this patch in:

git remote add r3ticuli

git fetch r3ticuli

git checkout r3ticuli/feature/adding-delete

python setup.py develop

then run some loop like up here.

Migrating out of icloud and anything apple related to a google Pixel 2, it's a wonderful experience :-)

Yes, absolutely. Worked brilliantly. I was able to delete 4000 photos in a couple of minutes. As you say, select one, then hold and drag to the right and then down to the bottom of the screen. It then selects as it scrolls down. You can then bulk delete! Well done. Neither of the support people knew this.

I have a great solution. Turn upload pictures to icloud off, download Google photos and upload pictures to Google. Unlimited space for free, and you can delete multible pictures very easily.

Hi....ive just done it 😁

HOLD DOWN CTRL AND ALT AT SAME TIME....CLICK EACH PIC (DONT LET GO OF CTRL AND ALT) AND CLICK THE RUBBISH BIN

ive just deleted 896 pics off my devices....really quick

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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You can't. Even though Apple says "The easiest way to remove multiple photos is to sign into iCloud.com on one of the computers you listed. Once signed in, click on the photos icon. When you are in the "Moments" view, you should see "Select Photos" in the upper right of the browser window. Click "Select Photos". You should now be able to select multiple photos, and then click the "Delete" button that appears. This should allow you to remove multiple photos at one time." The "select photos" button is only activated after you select a photo, and you still have to click each photo, one by one. You can't highlight a bunch by dragging and highlighting. Perhaps Apple wants to sell more Cloud space.

Please check as I think it does when your device synchs with iCloud. It certainly deleted my 4000 photos from device and cloud. If I’m correct be careful you’ve backed up elsewhere if you want to keep!

Hi Somshkr,

You can delete all at once on your iPhone. See my entry of April 24th. Successfully managed this and subsequent synching removed them from iCloud also. I'd previously backed up onto a portable hard drive, so worked well in the end.

You can not as posted several times in the thread you did not read - iCloud s not a place to store things, it is a syncing service and anything deleted form any connected device will be deleted form all connected devices -you need to purchase more iCloud storage to use it

LN

Once you've logged on to your iCloud account online, on a PC, hold down Control and Alt button at the same time and you can click and highlight multiple photos to delete.

using the Alt key is documented over and over and over in this and other threads - it pays to read before RANTing

LN

The capability to use Select was removed. The only way to select multiple photos now is to hold down the command key and click each photo.

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.

Feedback

Absolute ******** Apple, so frustrated with this, ******* **** take! Now selling my ipad Air 2 and Iphone as already have 2 business online clouds that cost money, not ******* paying you as well just to store my own photos when I have storage. Go ******* shoot yourselfs..........

Hello! I realize this is an older thread, but I'm having the same problem as the rest of you.

My iCloud is full and keeps asking me to buy more storage. I can select only one photo at a time, to delete. I tried deleting all the iCloud photos from the iPad, before I turned off iCloud Photo Library. The photos are now gone from the iPad, but they're still on iCloud--which is the problem in the first place! Does anyone have additional suggestions for how I can remove the photos from iCloud?

(Full story: my original intention was to use iCloud to put my wedding photos on my husband's iPad Air 2, after erasing its memory and setting it up as my own. [Don't worry--he's okay with me taking over his iPad.] However, iCloud has less storage than the iPad, so I couldn't get all the photos on. Meanwhile, I updated iTunes, and now I'm able to use iTunes to copy photos to the iPad. I just want to remove the photos from iCloud!)