Embarrassed by your old Facebook photos and want a quick and easy way to delete them from your profile? We’ve all been there, so we’ve put together this quick and easy guide.
While it isn’t possible to delete all your photos in one go, there are ways to delete groups of pictures at once to help reduce the time it takes.
Doing a complete Facebook overhaul? Visit our guide on how to change your email address and how to make your profile private on Facebook too.
Otherwise, keep reading to learn how to delete all your photos on Facebook.
What you’ll need:
- A Facebook account
- Access to a web or mobile browser or the Facebook iOS or Android app
The short version:
- Open your Facebook profile
- Click on your name in the top right corner
- Click Photos
- Click Albums
- Click the three dots next to an album
- Click Delete Album and repeat
Step 1.
Open your Facebook profile
We’ll demonstrate the steps using a web browser, however the steps are the same with a mobile browser or via the Facebook app.
Step 2.
Click on your name in the top right corner
Next to your profile picture, you’ll see your name. Just note that if your browser window is minimised, or you’re using a mobile, then you may only see your profile picture and not your name. Regardless, clicking here will take you to your profile.
Step 3.
Click Photos
On the top panel, underneath your cover photo and name, click on the Photos button.
Step 4.
Click Albums
The fastest way to delete all of your photos is to remove them by album. You can delete individual photos if you’d prefer, however this is a much more lengthy process.
Step 5.
Click the three dots next to an album
You’ll see the three dots icon in the top right corner of each album.
Step 6.
Click Delete album and repeat
Select Delete album and this will be done instantly. To delete all your photos, simply repeat steps five and six until your albums are gone.
Remember, you can’t get these albums back once they’ve been deleted.
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, you can only delete photos that you have uploaded yourself. You can untag yourself from unwanted photos, hide them from your profile or message that user and ask them to 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.
While you can delete individual photos inside them, you can’t delete your Profile pictures, Cover photos and Mobile uploads albums.