Do you want to declutter and clear up some storage space on your iPhone? Photos and videos are one of the main consumers of your iPhone storage space. Who knows how old and how many pictures or videos are stored on your iPhone’s Photos app. With this app, you can organize and manage your videos and photos on your iPhone. This article will give you in-depth instructions on how to delete photo albums on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
How to delete a photo album on iPhone and iPad
Before proceeding further, you should know a key point: deleting the album doesn’t delete its content. You will still find the pictures or the videos inside your Photos library. So, if you want to delete what’s inside the album, we’ll show you how. In addition, there are specific albums that you cannot remove, no matter how.
Here’s how to delete albums on iPhone and iPad from the Photos app:
- Launch the Photos app and head over to the “Albums” tab
- Next, tap on “See All” in the “My Albums” section
- After that, tap on “Edit”, located at the top-right of the screen
- Then you’ll notice an icon with a red circle with the minus inside beside the albums
- Locate the album that you’d want to delete and tap on the “red minus” icon
- A confirmation popup menu will appear from the bottom. Tap on “Delete Album”
Here’s how to delete photos from albums on iPhone:
- Open the album that contains the pictures that you’d want to remove
- Then tap on Select and choose all those photos
- Next, tap on the Trash icon located at the bottom screen
- After that, a popup menu appears from the bottom, asking you whether you’d want just to remove the pictures from the album or delete them altogether. Tap on “Delete”
Deleting the pictures doesn’t remove them from your iPhone altogether. They’re instead relocated to the Recently Deleted album, where they’ll stay for another 30 days.
Why can’t you delete some albums from Photos on your iPhone?
Under the Albums tab on your iPhone’s Photos app, you’ll notice that some albums come pre-installed. These albums serve a specific purpose, and you cannot delete them from your iPhone. For instance, in the Screenshots album, you’ll find every screenshot captured by your iPhone.
How to make an album on iPhone
If you want to delete an album, you need to know how to create an album on your iPhone first. Here’s how you would do it:
- Go to the Albums tab on your Photos app
- Tap on the Plus + symbol at the top-left
- Next, select New Album
- Enter a name for the album and tap on Save
How to add photos to an album on iPhone
There are two ways to move photos to albums on your iPhone. In the first method, open the Photos app, select the pictures and videos you’d want to add and tap on Share. On the share menu, tap on Add to Album and then select the album where you’d want to add. Or you could try the second method. Open the album where you’d want to add your pictures or videos and then tap on the three dots icon at the top-right of the screen. Then select Add Photos from the options menu to add your stuff.
How to delete photo albums on Mac
We’re also going to show how to delete an album on Mac from your Photos app. The process is very straightforward and we’ll show you how:
- Open the Photos app on your Mac
- On the left-side menu, click on My Albums to expand more options
- Next, choose the album that you want to remove and right-click on it
- After that, click on the Delete Album option to remove the album