How to delete Photos from Google Photos

Deletion

Once you have transferred your photos to a personal account, we ask that you please delete them from your TCD account and remove them from your Bin, this is the only way to reduce the storage used.

These are the preferred steps to delete photos:

1. Visit photos.google.com/search/_tra_
2. Select the first image so you see the blue tick
3. Scroll down to select all or some of your photos (if you have a large amount of photos you may need to delete them in batches). It may be faster to use the “End” key on your keyboard (fn + right arrow, on most compact keyboards).
4. Hold the Shift key, and the images leading up to the mouse should be highlighted in blue. Click to select the batch
5. Click the trash can icon at the top-right of the screen to delete them
6. Empty your Bin - your storage levels will not change until this is done

You can also do this from the Google Photos phone app:

1. Pinch your fingers together twice to zoom out the grid as far as possible.
2. Press and hold on the first image
3. Still holding, drag your finger toward the bottom of the screen, and it will start scrolling and selecting more photos
4. Every so often, stop and press the trash can icon, then repeat steps as needed
5. Empty your Bin - your storage levels will not change until this is done