I had this problem but have found a much quicker way of selecting them all.

Touch the little arrow in the box at the right corner, but then, instead of tapping each one, hold the first one for about 2 seconds until the blue tick appears, then drag your finger over them all.

Takes very little time!

Hope this helps!

That's pretty slick, but not intuitively obvious and as best I can tell, undocumented. How in the heck did you figure that out?

Generally, with all iOS devices, if you cant do something, i've found that you've got to hold a button.
Always works.
To put a call on hold on the iphone 4 you hold the mute button...

its not as intuitive as I expected!

My photos have been synced from Iphoto. I get delete button to come up in photos only can select one or many by dragging but when press red delete absolutely nothing happens. Often copy and email buttons come up at same time but cannot get anything to delete. Any ideas? Operator error? Thnxs . SS

You can only delete photos from Saved Photos inside the iPhoto app on the iPad [as near as I can tell]. Go into the Saved Photos Album and then click on the right facing arrow in the upper right corner. When you do that, the Delete red button will appear in the upper left and the title of the window will read Select Photo. You can then tap on each photo you want to delete or tap and hold for 2 seconds on one and move your finger across all that you want [if you want more than one and they are adjacent]. You will notice that the upper right arrow has changed to a blue Cancel button and the upper left red Delete button has a number representing the number of photos you want to delete: Like Delete (5). If you press that red button, you will delete the 5 you selected. They are indicated by a blue & white check mark. Be sure you have selected the right ones or you will have to re-import or re-sync to get them back.

I haven't checked to see if it deletes from your PC on the next re-sync or not. It may so proceed with caution if you don't have them saved somewhere else.
I am not responsible for errors here, so you might try on one or more you are sure about to insure you have the process correct.
It works for me.

Thanks for the tip nathanl,
makes it quicker to delete a large amount.

Originally Posted by mslammers

Simon, here is the answer.
Open the Photos app [daisy]
Open an album
Click on the right facing arrow in the upper right corner
Click on each photo you want to delete, a blue surrounded check mark will appear in the right bottom corner.
You will notice that there is a Delete button in the upper left. Pressing it will delete each photo you have checked. There is no recovery that I know of, so select carefully. If you change your mind before deleting, click on the check mark again. If you want to cancel all the checks, there is a Cancel button in the upper right corner [blue surround]
Good luck.

I also imported pictures from a Nikon and the iPAD puts them in as Events - pictures import all at once, but a Separate Event for Each day of photo shooting. How do I get them to a Saved Photos Album, so I can delete the JUNK PHOTOS? I will be doing professional undersea dive photography and above ground personal photos. I really don't what to have to edit each picture in Photogene in order to get it into a Saved Photos album. Isn't there better handling. I am NOT BRINGING my 12 pound Macbook. Too many weight limits with dive equipment and camera equipment.

Many thanks as I just deleted all imported pictures from the iPad which were placed there via a camera connection. (2500 from a recent trip) The pictures were then loaded from my CF card to the MBP and edited and stored as I wished.

Sam

Originally Posted by mslammers

Simon, here is the answer.
Open the Photos app [daisy]
Open an album
Click on the right facing arrow in the upper right corner
Click on each photo you want to delete, a blue surrounded check mark will appear in the right bottom corner.
You will notice that there is a Delete button in the upper left. Pressing it will delete each photo you have checked. There is no recovery that I know of, so select carefully. If you change your mind before deleting, click on the check mark again. If you want to cancel all the checks, there is a Cancel button in the upper right corner [blue surround]
Good luck.

I did this and the red button appears, but it never did anything I checked all the pictures but it did not delete . Please help

I am trying to delete photos from the iPad. I go through the instructions, but I never get the 'delete' button in the upper left. I get buttons for 'email', 'copy' and 'print', but no delete. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for the help.