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I have a friend which has 2 TB of media data. I backed it up to my PC and now I want to delete all files from iCloud so that she has free space again, but I am restricted to delete 1000 items at a time. She has more than 400.000 files so this is a time consuming task…
Is it really designed that stupid or is there an easy way to delete all media?
Sorry for the self-answer, but I found a way to do it quickly using just the iPhone and no third-party software.
In iOS 4.3, do the following:
Not sure why this functionality is not available from Photos.app, but there you go. Thanks for all the other answers.
Prior to a recent change, Apple's solution for this would be to ensure that iPhoto was running and you have configured iCloud to automatically import all photos into your library.
Now that there is no limit to the number of photos, you just need to remain under the current upload limits to avoid having photos that are only on your device and not backed up to Photo Stream:
Other than temporary pauses, you should be able to store as many photos in the cloud as your have bandwidth and time to upload.
Best Answer
Deleting photos is easy if you can borrow a Mac.
If not, you’ll want to pick away with it or open a support case with Apple. The engineers can blow away files if you give them a support PIN and they have a reasonable belief you can’t do it by plugging away with the tools Apple ships and you realize the limitations are there to prevent a moment where someone destroys another’s library when their phone is unlocked and not hassle someone that legitimately wants to remove thousands upon thousands of photos.