More than One Way to Delete All Photos from iPhone at Once

Perhaps the most thing that eats up your iPhone storage is the photos and videos, despite some iPhone users choose to shell out more money to buy devices with more storage, but after some time they should find themselves need to free up space of their devices. Whatever the reason that pushes you to delete photos from your iPhone in this post we will know how to delete your photos on iPhone at once by using four methods and you can choose what is appropriate for you.

Apple doesn't provide a straightforward way to delete all photos (select all and delete,) but there is a workaround method that can help to delete photos on your iPhone at once, in the steps below we're going to show you how to do so.

How to delete photos on your iPhone at once using iPhone's Photos app

• 1- Launch the Photos app.

• 2- On the bottom-right corner tap on Albums.

• 3- In the Albums screen on the upper-left tap Camera Roll, if you're using "iCloud Photos Library" you will see All Photos instead.

• 4- In the Camera Roll screen tap Select option on the top-right corner.

• 5- Now you need to select all the photos in your library, by tapping the latest photo in the bottom-right corner and drag your finger along the row to the last photo on the top-right corner, you should see all the photos gained the checkmarks.

You can also select each photo by tapping on it but this takes a long time especially if there are more than 100 photos.

• 6- Tap the trashcan icon on the bottom-right corner to delete all the selected photos.

• 7- Confirm by tapping Delete [number of] items.

These deleted photos will move to the Recently Deleted album, which means they still take space on your iPhone, and now you need to erase them permanently to reclaim the space.

How to Delete your iPhone photos permanently to free up space

• 1- Once again navigate to the Albums.

• 2- In the Albums screen scroll down to Other Albums section and tap on the Recently Deleted album.

• 3- On the top-right corner tap Select.

• 4- Tap Delete All on the bottom-right corner.

• 5- Confirm one more time by tapping Delete [number of] items.

Now you will gain the space in your iPhone immediately, but if you leave the deleted photos in Recently Deleted album Apple will delete them automatically after thirty days.

Delete photos on iPhone using a Mac

If you are in Apple ecosystem and have a Mac machine you can use it to delete all your photos from your iPhone or any other iCloud connected device at once by using the Mac's Photos app, but this method works on condition that you have already enabled "iCloud Photo Library" on both iPhone and Mac that uses the same Apple ID.

You should know that you won't be able to use the iCloud website to mass-delete photos, meaning you can't use this on your Windows computer.

How To delete all photos at once on iPhone using a Mac

• 1- Open Photos app on your Mac --once the iCloud Photo Library is enabled if not you can enable it immediately but it may take several hours for your photos to finish syncing across your Mac and iPhone:

• *iPhone: Open Setting app, tap your name card at the top of the screen, tap iCloud>Photos, switch on "iCloud Photo Library", then select a storage option.

• *Mac: Open Photos, on the top-left corner of the screen click Photos, click Preference…, click iCloud, next check "iCloud Photo Library", then click a storage option.

2- On The Photos app screen navigate to Photos on the top left side.

• 3- On your Mac keyboard tap Command +A to select all photos (or click Edit then Select All.)

• 4- Tap Command + Delete on your keyboard (or click the Delete icon at the top of the screen.)

• 5- Click Delete [number of] items when promoted.

• 6- Like on iPhone you need to go to Recently Deleted album in the left sidebar to delete them from there as well.

Delete photos on iPhone using cloud storage services

Usually, when we eras photos from iPhone to reclaim space we should take a backup of these photos either into our computers or in online cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Google Photos, and OneDrive, which offer options to back up your photos and videos seamlessly in the background.

To implement that just install your preferred cloud storage app and configure it to save the photos for you, then you will be able to access them whenever you want on any device even your PC, just by logging to your registered service.

 How to delete all photos on iPhone at Once by using Google Photos app

When you back up your iPhone photos to Google Photos, it provides you to delete photos from your iPhone, which is another good option to erase all your photos instantly and quickly, to do this:

• 1- Open the Google Photos app.

• 2- In the top-left of the screen tap Settings, next, Manage Device Storage, then Free Up Space.

• 3- The app will initiate searching for your photos and videos that have been already backed up.

• 4- Google Photos app will promote a confirmation before removing the items.

• 5- Tap Remove to give the app permission to delete the photos from the Camera Roll.

• 6- As we have seen above these photos will move to the Recently Deleted album, thus you should delete them from there to reclaim storage immediately.

How to delete your photos at once on iPhone by resetting it

If the reason to delete your photos is to award your iPhone for a friend or a family member or even to buy it, in this case, you should reset your iPhone to manufacture mode, meaning all your personal info will be wiped, from contacts, apps, and photos to your purchases and browsing history, before you initiate the process make sure to back up your data like photos, contacts, and apps.

To clear up your iPhone and the expected owner will set it up anew follow the steps below:

• 1-From your iPhone Home screen launch the Settings app.

• 2- Tap on General.

• 3- On the General screen scroll down and tap Reset.

• 4- Choose Erase All Contents and Settings.

• 5- Confirm by selecting Backup then Erase or Erase now (if you have already backed up your iPhone.)

Now your personal data is erased from your iPhone including your photos and ready to pass it off.

These are some simple methods to delete photos on your iPhone at once and as quick as possible if you know another one more effective than these let's know about it in the comments below.

Data and images source: Macrumors, BI, Wikihow, iPhonelife

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