How To Mass-Delete Photos on iPhone. 6 Easy Ways

If you have ever tried bulk-deleting photos on your iPhone, you must be knowing how inconvenient it is when you try deleting more than a dozen of photos. It actually consumes more of your time than you would expect (on Android, it’s very easy to do). In this article, we will take a look at a variety of methods available on the web to help you achieve it.

Note: Make sure that you have a backup of the images you are going to delete (if those are important).

How To Delete All Photos on iPhone: Bulk Delete Images

On the off chance, if you were looking to delete only a couple of images and could not figure out the way to do it, we have a step-by-step guide to help you through the process.

1. Launch photos app in your iPhone
2. Click on “Select” as shown in the image above.
3. Now, tap on the images you want to delete.
4. Finally, click on the trash icon to delete them (at the right bottom of your screen).

You have successfully deleted the photos but the images can still be recovered.

How To Delete All Photos on iPhone: Permanently Delete Your Images

You should know the deleting the photos from the “Photos” app will not delete the images permanently. Instead, it resides in the “Recently Deleted” album for the next 30 days. Follow the steps below in order to delete the photos permanently on iPhone.

1. Head on to the “Photos” app.
2. Navigate your way to the “Albums” section as pointed out in the image below.
3. Scroll down to find “Recently Deleted” album.
4. Again, click on “Select” to mark multiple images.
5. Now, tap on the trash icon to delete it permanently.

How To Delete All Photos on iPhone: Using Image Capture on Mac

If you have a system running on Mac, it will be much easier to get going with the process of deleting all photos in your iPhone because you are already equipped with the tools needed. Follow the steps below in order to use “Image Capture” utility to delete all photos on iPhone.

1. Search for “Image Capture” on your Mac.
2. After launching the application, tap on your device listed (here- Abhi iPhone)
3. Select any one of the images first and then hold Ctrl (command)+A to mark all of the pictures.
4. Now, click on the delete icon as highlighted in the image below.

How To Delete All Photos on iPhone: Using Photos App on Mac

It is a quite similar method to the way where we use “Image Capture“. I think using image capture would be a faster solution if you are trying to just delete the unnecessary images (not keeping them). But, if there is a problem, you can still utilize the photos app on Mac as well.

However, when deleting photos using “Photos” app on Mac, you need to import all of the images first (compulsory) and then you can proceed to delete it.

1. Launch “Photos” app on your Mac.
2. Ensure that you have connected your iPhone to the system.
3. Select your device and then proceed to import all of your photos.
4. After you are done importing the images, you will be asked whether to keep them or delete them from your iPhone. In our case, we would want to delete the images, so you should proceed to delete all of the images.

How To Delete All Photos on iPhone – Using Shotwell Photo Manager on Ubuntu

Fret not, we have an equally convenient solution for Linux users as well. So, if you are running Ubuntu 16.04 or a similar distro which has Shotwell Photo Manager installed, you can easily proceed to delete all of your images from your iPhone. Follow the steps below to proceed.

1. Install Shotwell Photo Manager from Ubuntu Software Center.
2. Simply, plug in your iPhone to your Linux system and click on “Trust” this computer when prompted on your iPhone.
3. Now, you will be prompted to access the photos using Shotwell on your Linux system. You need to select “Shotwell” from the options displayed.
4. In either case, you can simply head on to the “Files” and click on “iPhone” file system and then select Shotwell as shown in the image below. 
5. Now, you will get to see all of your images listed. Simply, select any one of the images first and then press Ctrl + A to select all of the pictures available.
6. Press the “delete” key to delete all of your images.

 

How To Delete All Photos on iPhone: On a Windows 10 System

If you have a windows powered system, you can delete all of your images from your iPhone in no time.

You have to simply plug in your iPhone to the system and then click on “Trust” this computer on your iPhone. You can directly access the images of your iPhone without any additional applications just like you access an SD card or a pen drive.

Navigate your way to access the images in this way: Apple iPhone-> Internal Storage -> DCIM-> 100APPLE 

Finally, drag and select all of your images or press and hold Ctrl + A to mark all of your images and then press the “delete” button. You can also select individual files if you do not want to delete everything.

Wrapping Up

So, now you know of the easiest solutions that can be followed in order to delete photos from your iPhone. If you know of a better (or interesting) solution, do let us know about it through the comments section below.

On the off chance, if you encounter any problem at some point in the steps mentioned above, feel free to respond to us through the comments below.

Ankush Das
Categories: Apple, Cellphones
Tags: iOS, iPad, iPhone