some photos between my friend and I are duplicated multiple times and I am unable to erase them. I know how to successfully erase because the non duplicated photos will erase. Anyone else have the same issue?
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Original Title: iphone 14 iOS 18.6.2
iPhone 14
Pictures that are transferred through a cable from a computer are shown by Photos, but they're not "owned" by Photos. So these pictures can't be edited or deleted by Photos. The idea is that they are kept on the computer and transferred to the phone temporarily. One way to delete them is to use the computer to transfer an empty set of "pictures" to the phone, and the empty set will replace the others. In using iTunes for this, it may give the option to deselect the pictures that are already there.
Another way to get rid of all the non-deletable pictures is to momentarily turn on iCloud Photos. You get a scary warning that these will be deleted. When you say OK, then they are trashed, and Photos will start to transfer the other pictures to iCloud. But you can turn off iCloud and stop that before much happens.
If you want to save some of these non-deletable pictures, then you can use "Share" to save them to Files. Then use Share>Save to Photos to re-import them safely from Files to create fully useable versions. You'll end up with lots of useless copies, so you'll need to get rid of them.
Pictures that are transferred through a cable from a computer are shown by Photos, but they're not "owned" by Photos. So these pictures can't be edited or deleted by Photos. The idea is that they are kept on the computer and transferred to the phone temporarily. One way to delete them is to use the computer to transfer an empty set of "pictures" to the phone, and the empty set will replace the others. In using iTunes for this, it may give the option to deselect the pictures that are already there.
Another way to get rid of all the non-deletable pictures is to momentarily turn on iCloud Photos. You get a scary warning that these will be deleted. When you say OK, then they are trashed, and Photos will start to transfer the other pictures to iCloud. But you can turn off iCloud and stop that before much happens.
If you want to save some of these non-deletable pictures, then you can use "Share" to save them to Files. Then use Share>Save to Photos to re-import them safely from Files to create fully useable versions. You'll end up with lots of useless copies, so you'll need to get rid of them.
Here is the usual sequence for dups: Merge duplicate photos and videos on iPhone - Apple Support
If you have photos that won’t delete, that seems a different issue than the duplicates.
Are you using iCloud Photo, or using a cable to sync with a Mac or PC? Using a cable means you’ll need to delete photos from the Photos library on Mac or PC, and re-sync.
How do I remove duplicate photos from my iPhone 14?
