Giving your Facebook profile a much-needed spring clean? You don’t need to delete all your Facebook photos one by one. We’ve put together this guide to teach you the fastest way to delete your old and embarrassing Facebook pics in bulk.
Technically speaking, the quickest way to purge all of your photos from Facebook is to delete your account. However, this isn’t going to be the best option for everyone, as many of us use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, family, colleagues and old classmates.
That doesn’t mean everyone needs to see your old photos, though. Read on to learn how to delete all of your Facebook photos in just a few easy steps…
What you’ll need:
- A Facebook account
The Short Version
- Open your Facebook profile
- Click Photos
- Click Albums
- Click the three dots next to an album
- Click Delete Album and repeat
Step
1Open Facebook
You can delete your photos in your browser or in the Facebook app. For this guide, we’ve listed the steps for Facebook’s website.
Step
2Click on your name in the top-right corner
You might only see your profile photo if you have the window minimised or you’re using your phone browser. You can also find your profile by clicking the down-facing arrow in the top-right corner.
Step
3Click Photos
This should be below your name and profile picture.
Step
4Select Albums
This will make deleting photos a lot faster. If you’d rather delete images individually you can skip this step, but be aware that it could be more time consuming.
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5Click on the three dot icon next to an album
Make sure it’s an album you want to delete.
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6Click Delete Album
That’s it! Now just repeat steps 5 to 6 until all of your albums are gone.
Troubleshooting
There is one very quick way to delete all of your photos which is through the Manage Activity tool.
To access it, go to your settings and click ‘Activity log’. Then click ‘Your posts’ and ‘Photos and videos’. This method didn’t actually show any results for us, but you should (in theory) be able to see any photos or videos you’ve posted or been tagged in and delete them from here.
No, sadly you can only delete photos that you have uploaded yourself. You can untag yourself from unwanted photos, hide them from your profile or send that user a message politely asking that they take the image down.
If someone has uploaded a photo of you without your permission, you can also report the image to Facebook. However, it’ll be up to Facebook to decide whether that picture is a violation of its Community Standards.
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Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. To ensure this is possible, every member of the editorial staff follows a clear code of conduct.
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We also expect our journalists to follow clear ethical standards in their work. Our staff members must strive for honesty and accuracy in everything they do. We follow the IPSO Editors’ code of practice to underpin these standards.