How do I clear out my Camera Roll?

How can I clear out all the photos in my Camera Roll? (Other than manually selecting each one and hitting delete)

When there are photos and/or videos in the Camera Roll, the iPhone is also detected as a digital camera when connected to your computer, and can be imported and deleted from the Camera Roll after the import process is complete as with any other digital camera.
If you use iPhoto on your Mac for photo storage and management and for importing photos from any other digital camera, you can use iPhoto for this. iPhoto includes an option to delete the photos from a digital camera after the import process is complete and the same for the iPhone's Camera Roll. Or you can use the Image Capture application located in your Applications folder for this which includes the same option after the import process is complete.

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