How to Delete iPhone Photos

Synced from Computer

Recently, my iPhone (5s, 16GB) began complaining that it was out of storage. So I went to Settings > General > Usage and found that Photos was taking up 1.8 GB, specifically the “Synced from Computer” category. So I go to Photos, and find that I have 2000+ photos. So I try to select and delete them – except I can’t. The trash can icon is grayed out. A little more research advises me to connect my iPhone to my PC, click on the iPhone, and then go to Photos and delete them from there. Except –there aren’t any photos there. I’ve used several different PCs and Macs over the past year and a half, and the iTunes library they were synced from is probably long gone. So how do I nuke them?

By Eric Volker from Apple Support Community

iPhone users may often come up with the problem of switching to another computer or updating hardware for computer, and then find that the photos in their iPhone can’t be deleted though they are still available in their iPhone and take so much storage space. When meeting this situation, the iPhone users always feel annoyed. In fact, you can authorize the computer and connect iPhone to get rid of the photos you don’t need.

Before showing this trick, you should know that the Photo Library will be replaced with the new folder on your computer, and you will lose all the original photos. The following guidance will show you how to use iTunes to delete iPhone photos synced from computer:

1. Start iTunes and go to “Edit > Preferences > Devices”, and check “Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically”.

2. Plug iPhone into computer via USB cable, and authorize the computer. iTunes will recognize your computer and display the iPhone icon at the upper right corner.

3. Click the iPhone icon and choose “Photos” in the summary panel. Check “Sync Photos from” and then choose “from folder”. Select the folder you stored your photos.

4. Then iTunes will sync the photos from the folder to your computer. If the folder is empty, iTunes will also erase the photos in your iPhone and sync the empty folder to your iPhone.

With iTunes, you are able to delete iPhone photos synced from computer. But the trick will sweep out all the original photos in your iPhone library. If you want to delete photos from iPhone separately without deleting the ones you still need, you can use the third-party iPhone transfer software to finish the task.

People can find various kinds of data transfer programs for iOS devices on the Internet, Leawo iTransfer is regarded as one of the best among them. This software is used for transferring files among iOS devices, iTunes and computers, and it helps users to get rid of the sync of iTunes. With this software, users don’t have to use iTunes to delete the iPhone photos synced from computer. The following guidance will show you how to delete photos from iPhone, and you are allowed to free download the software to have a try.

Step 1 Run Leawo iTransfer

Run Leawo iTransfer and connect iPhone to computer with the USB

cable. If your iPhone pops up a window and ask whether to trust the

computer, you need to choose “Trust”. The software will recognize your

iPhone and automatically detect the libraries of your iPhone.

Step 2 Select Photos

Choose “Photos” library in the left sidebar, and then the contents will be

shown in the right part. Hold “Ctrl” key and click to choose photos, then

right-click the selected photos and choose “Delete” in the drop-down

menu. Then the software will ask you whether you want to delete the

photos, and you should click “Yes”.

Step 3 Deleting Photos

Leawo iTransfer will start deleting photos from iPhone immediately. The

progress bar in the pop-up dialog will show the percentage of the

deleting process. After that, you will get the photos deleted in your

iPhone.

Leawo iTransfer isn’t only helpful for

managing files in your iPhone, but also

helps to transfer files between iOS

devices, for example, you can transfer

files between iPhone 6 and iPad air 2.

This software is helpful in our daily life,

if you are interested, just check it out.

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