How to delete empty albums from iCloud photo library

Finished migration to the new Photos for OS X, and my library across all devices is now the same. However, if viewing Photos through iCloud,com (via Mac), I still see many unused empty Album folders. These folders (albums) do not appear on any of my OS X or IOS devices. I can;t seem to find a method to delete these folders.
Any help would be appreciated
THX

You cannot select an album on cloud.com! You can only open it. And if you right-click on it, there is only the custom safari menu.
By the the way the empty albums are only visible is 3 cases:
1. They appear on results while searching on searching field.
2. They are visible on iCloud.com.
3. They are visible through "Documents 5" application by Readdle.
In all the 3 cases you cannot delete them.
... or I don't know how.

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