cha8255
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iOS Apps

Q: I want to delete an album

I want to now why when I updated to ios 10 (guess i shouldnt have)

there were albums created with pictures i had deleted from my phone and only have on my computer as backup

i tried to delete but there not an option for that

why do i have to have this albums on my phone.

i should be able to delete it. i dont even know how these pictures turned up. since i had deleted them from my phone.

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iPhone 6, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Oct 9, 2016 4:30 AM

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Q: I want to delete an album

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  • by LarryHN,

    LarryHN LarryHN Oct 10, 2016 12:18 PM in response to cha8255
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    Photos for Mac
    Oct 10, 2016 12:18 PM in response to cha8255

    We have no idea why you updated to IOS 10 - only you do - i updated because I wanted the new features, security and better reliability and most others did too - but sinc eyou have no idea why you ddi no one else can assist, that is purely a personal choice and decision

     

    You posted in the Photos for Mac forum (IOS 10 is not involved at all with Photos for Mac) and in Photos for Mac you delete an album by right clicking (control click) on it and selecting delete album

     

    Depending on undisclosed information such as the OS version and Photos version and iCloud settings this change on Photos for Mac may or may not sync to the IOS devices

     

    LN

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Oct 10, 2016 12:30 PM in response to cha8255
    Level 10 (109,091 points)
    iCloud
    Oct 10, 2016 12:30 PM in response to cha8255

    i tried to delete but there not an option for that

    Are you syncing your iPhone and your Mac with iTunes? Albums and photos synced to an iPhone with iTunes can only be deleted by syncing again.

     

    Please explain, how you are syncing your iPhone and your Mac.  My Photo Stream? Shared albums? iCloud Phot Library? iTunes Photo Sync?

  • by chris_g1,

    chris_g1 chris_g1 Oct 10, 2016 12:38 PM in response to cha8255
    Community Specialists
    Oct 10, 2016 12:38 PM in response to cha8255
    Hello  cha8255,

    Thanks for your question.  If I understand correctly, you updated your iPhone to iOS 10 and you are seeing an album of pictures that were not on your iPhone prior to the update.  It sounds like this could possibly be an album that was previously synced from iTunes.  If it was, then the only way to remove the photos is to un sync them from iTunes.   Take a look at this information:


    Keep your photos safely stored and up to date on all your devices

    Turn off iTunes syncing

    If you don't want the synced photos on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch anymore, turn off syncing in iTunes and they'll be removed from your device. You can turn off syncing for some of your photo albums or all of them at once.

    Stop syncing some albums

    1. Open iTunes on your computer and connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
    2. Click on the device icon in iTunes.
    3. Click Photos.
    4. Choose "Selected albums" and deselect the albums or collections that you want to stop syncing.
    5. Click Apply.

    Stop syncing all photos

    1. Open iTunes on your computer and connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
    2. Click on the device icon in iTunes.
    3. Click Photos.
    4. Deselect "Sync Photos" then click "Remove photos."
    5. Click Apply.

    Learn how to delete photos and videos synced from iTunes when you can't access the originals.


    cha8255, if this is not the issue you are experiencing, please reply back to this thread with additional information you can provide (including the name of the photo album that is appearing on your iPhone), and we'll investigate further with you.

    Take care.