Delete multiple photos from iCloud

Hi msmsys,

My iCloud looks slightly different than yours, and at first I thought your solution didn't work on mine. Then I realized you're talking about a smaller "share" button that sometimes appears in a row underneath the larger "share" button! I had to scroll just right to get it to appear. It worked! Thank you for your solution.

I'll note that this works day-by-day, not with all the photos I've ever taken, but it still solved my problem!

Yes this entirely ***** - I hate the ios upgrades anymore so many issues. I need to delete 950 photos from icloud and I am supposed to select each one individually. It's a scam to make money selling more icloud storage space if you ask me.

Is this a joke? I actually went ahead and tried what you suggested.

If you don't work for Apple, please don't try supporting them with lies. I can help you be apple free just ask 🙂

If you work for Apple, wow, they really hire absolutely incompetent people

Found this on Stack exchange. Surprised that Apple cant make this feature intuitive, like most of their other features. The only obvious reason could be pushing adoption of iCloud storage, which ***** compared to other solutions out there.

Deleting all photos from iCloud - Ask Different

This is only working for you because you have a few pics taken on the same date. For the rest of us having a full gallery, one would have to keep clicking on the small + for each date / group of pics.

I disabled my iCloud for photos and now want to delete them from iCloud but I am unable to do so. So smart, Apple.

As many already asserted here, "The only obvious reason could be pushing adoption of iCloud storage" (i.e. end up paying).

Why would apple take away the ability to delete multiple photos from the cloud? It seems each "upgrade" that I'm eventually required to get results in poorer functioning of all my apple devices. I can't even imagine why a company would strive to make their products perform worse year after year, and we have to pay for service to fix their self-induced problems. Also, iTunes was great 10 years ago, now it *****. I'm ready to go back to PCs: better, cheaper, more accessible to fix yourself. Apple designs things to fail. I'm done with Apple. No longer a good company.

I agree, this does feel like a ploy to have people spend more money on storage.

I have an external hard drive I use to store my photos from my phone periodically and backup my computer. I ended up deleting my entire photo library on ICloud using the link below. I plan on turning backup on again after the 30 days:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204247

Summary:

Delete backups and turn off iCloud Backup for your device

Use these steps for your device.

iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

iOS 10.3 or later:

1. Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud.
2. If you use iOS 11, tap Manage Storage > Backup. If you use iOS 10.3, tap iCloud Storage > Manage Storage.
3. Tap the name of the device you are using [i.e. (Device-name) This (device type)].
4. Tap Delete Backup > Turn Off & Delete.

iOS 10.2 or earlier:

1. Go to Settings > General > Storage & iCloud Usage.
2. Under iCloud, tap Manage Storage.
3. Tap the name of the device you are using [i.e. (Device-name) This (device type)].
4. Tap Delete Backup > Turn Off & Delete.

When you delete a backup, it also turns off iCloud Backup of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Hi Vajrin1,

I don't want to delete photos on my device, but want to delete it on icloud and make space for new photos to get synced, so that I can download them on my other devices and delete it again... 😉

this has been a problem for years - total pain! wish they'd fix this as the reason i have so many photos is because i've accidentally turned on iCloud a couple times trying to manage a photo library with several apple reps. i NEVER wanted photos in the cloud and now i have to delete over 1000 via single clicks -

agh -

what's up!

frustrating and quite likely -

i don't want to store in the iCloud and never did - yet in the course of moving libraries with apple representatives i accidentally had photos put into iCloud. Never wanted and yet i have a major task to delete them ... and why can't this be done in one move. i spoke with an agent about cleaning my library back in 2016 and 2017 - - i'm finally dealing with in 2018. Wish it would be easier.

A friend of mine works at Apple. She says they removed the option to select multiple photos in bulk (using SHIFT) so that deleting files would be too cumbersome and people would be forced to buy more iCloud storage.

It's sickening manipulation.

No wonder Apple is the wealthiest company in the world.

I can't wait to offload all of my Apple gear and switch to Android.

They think we must be helpless, weak minded weasels ripe for manipulation or something.

Yes Apple does indeed have nasty surprises in i0S which people are complaining about bitterly. However it’s nothing compared to Android/Google which is actively in business selling any user data to those it can. Google is in trouble with the E.U over this ,especially the new G.D.R.P privacy laws which Google‘s practices are in direct violation of.

Hi, I've just discovered quite fast way how to delete multiple photos in few seconds - on my device, iPhone 6 with 10.2.1. update I went to Photos - all - select and hold your finger on first photo and mark it, then move your finger diagonally and you should see all photos are being marked. I hope it works for you bros

I do not see the "Select Photos" in the upper right window. I want to delete multiple photos at once and not click one by one.