How to Delete Photo Albums on iPhone, iPad, and Mac?

This article will show you how to delete photo albums on iPhone, iPad, as well as a Mac, let’s get on with it

How to Delete Photo Albums on iPhone, iPad?

The Photos app on the iPhone/iPad makes it easy to add, organize, as well as delete albums. Plus, you also have the ability to delete multiple albums at the same time from the album-editing screen.

Deleting a photo album doesn’t delete any photos that are inside the album. The photos will continue to be available in the Recent album as well as in other albums.

To begin, open the “Photos” app on your iPhone/ iPad, then navigate to the “Albums” tab.

You will find all of the albums in the “My Albums” section at the top. Tap on “See All” it can be found in the top-right.

You will then be able to see a grid of all the albums. Tap on “Edit” from the top-right.

The Album-editing mode will be active, this is similar to the Home screen editing mode. Here, you can drag as well as drop albums to rearrange them.

To delete an album, tap on the red “-” button found in the top-left of an album image.

Then, from the pop-up message that appears, confirm the action by selecting “Delete Album”. You can delete any album other than the “Recents” as well as the “Favorites” albums.

After you confirm, you will observe that the album will be removed from the My Albums list. You can continue to delete albums with this process. After you’re done, tap on “Done” to go back to browsing the albums.

How to Delete Photo Albums on a Mac?

The process of deleting a photo album from the Photos app on the Mac is even simpler than on iPhone/iPad.

Open the “Photos” app on your Mac, then go to the sidebar to expand the “My Albums”. Here, search for the folder that you wish to delete, then right-click it.

From the menu, click on “Delete Album”.

You will be able to see a pop-up asking for confirmation. Here, click on “Delete”.

The album will be deleted from your iCloud Photo Library. The changes made will be synced across all your devices. Keep in mind this won’t affect any of your photos.

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