Photo Library Help

I have an album in my phone called "photo library", these pictures are old pictures from my phone and were synced from my old computer. They cannot be deleted. Since they were on my phone, since being synced with my new computer, it is a file only on my phone and in the backup file that I cannot get rid of because it was synced from my old computer. Any ideas how I can get rid of these pictures? 900 pictures (doubles) taking up memory. Thanks.

@AmishCake
That only works for Photos taken with the iPhone. Synced photos are not directly accessible.
@holib
To delete them from the phone, you can either Delete the entire Photo library from Settings->General->Usage->Photos & Camera. Swipe to one side on Photo Library and then tap on the red Delete button that appears; or Sync an empty folder to your iPhone, or uncheck Photo Sync in Itunes on your computer.

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Hi imylove,
The photos that show up in your photo library (with the exception of the Camera Roll and the Photo Stream) are sync'd to your phone from your iPhoto library when you sync to iTunes.
If you don't want those photos on your phone, hook it up to your PC, make sure that the phone is not set up to automatically sync in iTunes, and then go to the Photo tab for your phone in iTunes, and uncheck Sync Photos. Then do your sync, and all of the photos will be deleted from your phone.
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• Cleared the device as in reset it
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What haven't you backed them up? You should always have a back up of any important material on your Mac. Make one now:
Most Simple Back Up
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Slightly more complex:
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i mean "and" not "ang" btw.

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Option 1
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If that fails:
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Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

Suddenly iPhoto gives me the error message "your photo library is either in use by another app or has become unreadable". HELP

Suddenly iphoto gives me error message 'your photo library is either in use by another app or has become unreadable'. What can I do?

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Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
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Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

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OK I was able to figure it out. First, I had to check the "Sync Photos from iPhoto" box in the photos tab. Second; I had to check, "Selected albums, events and faces and automatically included" Third; I to select "NO EVENTS" from the drop down menu. By selecting *no events* I was able to remove all the photos I did not take with my iPhone.
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Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
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Regards
TD

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