I want to erase all photos stored in my One Drive.

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I want to erase all photos stored in my One Drive.

Ercan Cihandide 25

It makes to scroll down and select all the photos to be erased but it takes hours to choose all the photos. There should be a easy way to do this but I can not find it on the page.

osama alfaki 0 Reputation points

2026-07-18T08:48:51.7633333+00:00

When you open OneDrive on the web do all your photos appear inside the Pictures/Camera Roll folder, or are some only visible under the Photos tab view?

only some appear , the majority not
osama alfaki 0 Reputation points

2026-07-18T08:49:31.72+00:00

Only some appear , the majority not

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osama alfaki 0 Reputation points

2026-07-18T08:48:51.7633333+00:00

When you open OneDrive on the web do all your photos appear inside the Pictures/Camera Roll folder, or are some only visible under the Photos tab view?

only some appear , the majority not
osama alfaki 0 Reputation points

2026-07-18T08:49:31.72+00:00

Only some appear , the majority not

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Anonymous

Hi Ercan Cihandide, You’re right deleting photos one by one from the Photos tab is painfully slow because that view is just a gallery. The trick is to delete them from their actual folders in OneDrive where you can select everything at once.

To quickly erase all photos from OneDrive open the Pictures or Camera Roll folder on the web and use Select All to delete, or simply delete the entire folder or use the desktop app with Ctrl+A/Cmd+A to remove everything at once then empty the Recycle Bin to permanently free up storage.

When you open OneDrive on the web do all your photos appear inside the Pictures/Camera Roll folder, or are some only visible under the Photos tab view?

Best regards
Lucky Charm

Ercan Cihandide 25 Reputation points

2025-10-17T13:16:17.9966667+00:00

Dear Lucky Charm Espinosa, thank you for your answer, following your advice I passed from Photos view to Files view, and found Pictures folder, and I erased everything by choosing all. I am grateful.
Scott Royle 10 Reputation points

2026-06-27T14:45:48.0766667+00:00

It appears it has changed. I can not find any select all.
Scott Royle 10 Reputation points

2026-07-25T18:37:54.6066667+00:00

This worked for me, although you can't delete all, there seems to be a limit on how much you can delete at one time. But I could delete the files five or ten at a time.