Facebook’s mobile app allows you to easily upload photos and videos from your phone or tablet. Over time, these mobile uploads can really add up, taking up storage space on your device and cluttering up your Facebook timeline. If you want to delete all of your mobile uploads from Facebook in one fell swoop, it’s easy to do with just a few steps.
What are Facebook mobile uploads?
Facebook mobile uploads refer to any photos or videos you’ve uploaded to Facebook using the Facebook mobile app on your smartphone or tablet. Typically, the Facebook app is set to automatically upload any new photos or videos you take with your device’s camera. These uploads allow you to easily share photos on the go without having to transfer them to a computer first.
Facebook stores all of your mobile uploads in the Photos section of your profile. You can view all your uploaded photos by going to your profile, clicking Photos, then selecting Mobile Uploads. This album contains every photo and video you’ve ever uploaded straight from your mobile device.
Why would you want to delete Facebook mobile uploads?
There are a few reasons why you may want to delete all of your Facebook mobile uploads:
- To save storage space on your phone or tablet
- To remove embarrassing or poor quality photos from Facebook
- If you’re leaving Facebook and want to delete your data
- To clear out old photos you no longer need
Deleting your mobile uploads removes the photos both from your Facebook timeline as well as the storage on your mobile device. It’s a quick way to free up space and tidy up your Facebook presence.
How to delete all Facebook mobile uploads
If you use the Facebook mobile app and want to remove all of your uploaded photos and videos, here is the process:
On a computer
1. Log into your Facebook account on a desktop browser.
2. Click on your profile picture and go to Your Facebook Information in the drop down menu.
3. On the next page scroll down and click on Photos and Videos.
4. This will bring up a page called Download Your Information. Click on the blue View button.
5. A pop-up will appear with your photo albums. Click on the Mobile Uploads album.
6. Click on the three dots in the top right corner and select Delete Album.
7. Confirm that you want to delete the entire album.
This will permanently delete all mobile uploads from your Facebook account. The photos will also be removed from your timeline and other albums where they may have been shared or tagged.
On the mobile app
1. Open the Facebook app and go to your profile.
2. Tap on Photos and select the Mobile Uploads album.
3. Tap on the three dots at the top right and choose Delete All Photos.
4. Confirm that you want to delete all photos from the album.
This will remove all mobile uploads from both Facebook and your phone’s storage. The photos will also be deleted from any other albums and posts.
Other ways to delete Facebook mobile uploads
If you want to delete only some of your mobile uploads, not the entire album, there are a couple options:
- Go through the Mobile Uploads album and delete individual photos or videos
- Manage automatic mobile uploads by going to Settings & Privacy > Manage Uploads on mobile or Settings > Media and Contacts on desktop
- Turn off Location Services for the Facebook app so new photos won’t be uploaded
- Use a third party app like FB Purity to bulk delete photo albums
What happens when you delete mobile uploads
When you delete your entire mobile uploads album, here’s what to expect:
- All photos and videos uploaded from your mobile device will be permanently removed from Facebook.
- The photos will also be deleted from your device’s storage, freeing up space.
- Any photos or videos you uploaded from mobile that were also shared on your timeline, tagged people, or added to other albums will be deleted from those places as well.
- Friends who were tagged in the photos or could see them on your timeline will no longer have access.
- Deleting the uploads prevents photos from continuing to be uploaded automatically unless you re-enable the feature.
In essence, deleting the Mobile Uploads album completely removes all traces of those photos and videos from Facebook and your mobile devices as if they were never posted.
Considerations before deleting
Before you delete all your Facebook mobile uploads, keep these things in mind:
- Back up any photos you want to save first. Once deleted, they cannot be recovered.
- Consider untagging yourself from photos you want to remove before deleting.
- If you only want to remove select photos, delete them individually instead.
- Disabling auto-upload prevents more mobile uploads without deleting existing ones.
- Photos shared on timelines or in posts will still appear there even if deleted from the album.
Conclusion
Deleting your entire Facebook mobile uploads album is an easy way to remove all photos and videos ever uploaded from your mobile device in one step. Just go to the Mobile Uploads album, select delete, and confirm you want to permanently remove all of the photos and videos.
Be sure you won’t want to access any of the photos before deleting, as they cannot be recovered. You’ll free up storage space on your phone while tidying up your Facebook presence at the same time.