How do I delete photos from camera roll but keep same photo in album

how do I delete photos from camera roll but keep same photo in album

You can't. The albums that you created on the iPad do not actually contain copies of the photos, but merely pointers to those photos. If you remove the photos from the camera roll, they will be removed from the iPad. Albums on the iPad are simply for your own organization on the device. Those albums cannot be imported to your computer either, since the photos do not exist in the albums.

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  • How to I delete pictures from camera roll but not album on ipad

    I am trying to delete pictures from my camera roll without having to delete them pictures from the album..  The reason for this is I have organised my pictures into albums on iPad and therefore would like to delete from camera roll however when I attempt to do this it says it will delete from album as well. Is there any way round this. Thanks.

    No there isn't. The original photo is being stored in the camera roll and the copy of the photo is in the album. If you remove the photo from the camera roll, you will delete it from any albums that it might be in as well.
    With the benefit of an edit - my comments are with regard to trying to this on the device itself.
    Message was edited by: Demo

  • HT201317 I deleted photos from camera roll as well as photo streamer. How to recover photos?

    I deleted photos from camera roll as well as photo streamer. How to recover photos?

    If the camera roll photos were on your device when you last backed it up, restoring the backup should recover them.  Deleted photo stream photos can't be recovered unless they were also in the camera roll.

  • I made an album just now. I went back to delete the pics from my camera roll but my only option is to "delete everywhere." I want to leave them in the new album I made..  How i can delete them from camera roll without deleting from other Album i made

    I made an album just now. I went back to delete the pics from my camera roll but my only option is to "delete everywhere." I want to leave them in the new album I made..  How i can delete them from camera roll without deleting from other Album i made

    The way that I understand that it works, is that the photos are not copied into the new albums, instead it just points to the photos - the number of photos on the iPad in Settings > General > About doesn't increase when you create new album so I assume from that that it isn't copying the photo, just pointing to it. So if you delete the photo from the camera roll you will therefore also be deleting all the pointers to it

  • I have deleted a photo from "Camera Roll" but couldn't do the same in "Photo Stream".  Is there a way to do this?

    I have deleted a photo from "Camera Roll" but couldn't delete from "Camera Stream".  Is there a way to delete from there too?
    I don't understand the difference between the two - guess I need to read a bit more....

    Look at the link
    Icloud:FAQ photo stream   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486

  • Why are some photos on camera roll but not in photo stream. Unable to backup as camera roll size is too big for free 5gb.

    Why are some photos on camera roll but not in photo stream. Unable to backup as camera roll size is too big for free 5gb.

    I assume you have Photostream on, correct?
    In order for the photos to be moved into Photostream, you must exit the camera app, and be on a wifi connection.  Both of these criteria must be met before the sync occurs.

  • How do i delete pictures from the camera roll, but keep them in different albums?

    i have added pictures from my camera roll into different albums. but every time i try to delete the ones from the camera roll, it asks if i want to delete the picture from everywhere or cancel. how do i keep them in the other albums, but delete them from the camera roll?

    You can't because the actual photo is in camera roll.  The albums only contain links to the photos.  If you delete the photo from camera roll it will be gone from your phone and therefore also removed from any albums that contain links to it.

  • Can delete photos from 'Camera roll' but not 'Photo Library'

    Please excuse my ignorance in advance! I needed to delete some photos as I couldn't download any apps or take any more photos until I freed some space (not sure why as according to itunes I have nearly 2GB free). I recently updated iphone software and now have 2 photo albums on my phone. I deleted most of the photos on my camera roll but noticed that the new album 'Photo library' which was created when I updated the software still has all the original photos in it. I went into to it to delete them but for some reason there is no delete icon for any of these photos. Please note these are all photos taken using the iphone itself. I have never synced photos from my computer to my iphone so I can't delete them by syncing with a folder on my PC. I back up the photos by copying them manually using windows.
    I would really appreciate any help as I don't want to run out of space of my iphone again especially if it is due to unnecessary duplication of seemingly undeletable photos!

    You cannot delete photo library pics from the iphone.
    You delete them the same way you got them there in the first place. The sync process.
    Deselect the photo album/folder under the photos tab in itunes, then sync.

  • How to remove photos from camera roll but remain in album?

    I want to delete photos that I have in camera roll but those same pics to remain in the album I create before. Any suggestions?

    You can't. When you 'copy' them into new albums you are effectively just creating pointers to the original photos, so if you delete the original photo you will also be deleting all pointers to it.
    You could copy the photos to your computer, organise them on there, and then sync them back.

  • How can I delete photos from camera roll but not from another album??

    When I create a new album and copy some pictures from the camera roll to the new album, they stay on the camera roll, and when I delete one of the copied ones from camera roll it also gets deleted from the new album, how can I avoid this???

    You can't. The way that I consider it to work is that you are effectively just creating a pointer to the photo in the new album (I don't think that the total number of photos on the device increases when you 'copy' them into new albums), so if you then delete the original photo you will also delete all the pointers to it.

  • On 8.1, how do I delete photos from camera roll but not from photo stream?

    I recently updated to iOS 8.1 on my 5S and was happy to get camera roll back, but unlike in the past, when I delete a picture from camera roll, it also deletes it from photo stream.  This makes no sense; I want to delete it from my phone while keeping it in photo stream - is there something I'm not doing?  Is it a problem with 8.1?  Any help would be appreciated...thanks.

    You can't. The albums that you created on the iPad do not actually contain copies of the photos, but merely pointers to those photos. If you remove the photos from the camera roll, they will be removed from the iPad. Albums on the iPad are simply for your own organization on the device. Those albums cannot be imported to your computer either, since the photos do not exist in the albums.

  • Hi peeps, I recently had my iPad Air replaced and it automatically uploaded all my photos back from iCloud on to my iPad, taking up an enormous amount of storage. How can I delete them from my iPad, but keep them on my desktop?

    Hi peeps, how do I delete all my photos from my iPad once they have been saved to my desktop, as they are clogging up my storage?

    The links below have instructions for deleting photos.
    iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
    iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App
    http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app
    Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)
    http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only
    How to Delete Photos from iPad
    http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html
    iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Delete photos from iPhoto
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ph3137
    How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad
    http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad
    How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream
    http://www.cultofmac.com/124235/how-to-delete-photos-from-iclouds-photo-stream/
    The Fastest Way to Remove All the Photos from the iPad Camera Roll
    http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-tips-tricks/the-fastest-way-to-remove-all-the-photos -from-the-ipad-camera-roll/
    Delete Pictures from Your iPad
    http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/delete-pictures-from-your-ipad.html
     Cheers, Tom

  • How do I place photos in a "sub album" and delete original from camera roll while keeping the copy in the sub album?

    I'm able to create as many albums as I want under the main camera roll. from what I can see, I can add photos from my camera roll to an album but the two images are connected. so what happens is when I try to create albums according to event or subject, if I wanted to delete the original from the camera roll, it also deletes the copied image. What gives? Is there a way to have multiple albums on iphone where images won't be deleted?

    No, the actual photos always remain in the camera roll.  Albums only contain pointers to selected photos in the camera roll.  They are like music playlists.  If you delete a song from your music library it will also be deleted from any playlist that contained it.  And you can't keep songs in a playlist that are not in your music library.

  • Sorting then deleting photos from camera roll - lost all my photos

    I Obviously have done something stupid.  I have an iPad 2 and don't use it a heap for photos but today I sorted out the photos I had on the roll into albums then deleated them off the roll.  Now all the albums are empty and it seems I've lost everything!!!   How do I get the shots back?  Is there a way and why did this happen?  Thanks.

    No - I don't..   I had different photos on my phone to my ipad and I back up the phone with itunes but i've never backed up the ipad.  I guess they are gone then????

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