How to delete empty album in Facebook

To delete several photo albums on Facebook, you need to delete them one by one. You can delete any album -- including empty ones -- except those that were created automatically -- Timeline Photos, Profile Photos and Mobile Uploads. You can, however, delete individual photos from albums created automatically by Facebook. To keep the photos and prevent others from seeing them at the same time, make the albums private. Alternatively, delete specific photos or make them private.

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Deleting Entire Albums
Changing the Audience or Deleting Specific Photos
Deleting Albums
Limitations
How do I delete an empty timeline album on Facebook?
How do I delete an empty mobile upload album on Facebook?
How do I delete an album from my FB page?

Deleting Entire Albums

Step 1

The News Feed is displayed by default when you log in to Facebook.

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Click your name in the upper right corner of the Facebook page to visit your Timeline page.

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Step 2

Each album has a cover photo.

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Select the Photos tab and then click Albums to view all your Facebook photo albums. The number of photos in an album is displayed below the name of the album.

Click one of the albums to open it.

Step 3

To get a direct link to the album, click Get Link instead of Delete Album.

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Click the gear icon and select Delete Album from the drop-down menu to delete the entire album. Deleting an album deletes all its photos permanently; deleted albums cannot be recovered. Confirm by clicking the Delete Album button or abort by clicking Cancel.

Changing the Audience or Deleting Specific Photos

Step 1

You can't change the audience for albums created automatically by Facebook.

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Open your Facebook Timeline page, click the Photos tab and then click Albums to view your photo albums.

Click the Audience Selector button and select an audience for your image. To share your photo with everyone, select Public. Select Friends to allow only your friends to view the image. Make the photo private by clicking Only Me. To customize the audience -- to allow or deny specific people -- click Custom.

Deleting a photo album on Facebook can be managed from your list of albums on your profile. Deleting an album will delete the album itself as well as every image inside it, and neither the album nor the images can be restored. There are also limitations as to what kind of album you can delete; images in these albums will have to be deleted individually.

Deleting Albums

Open your Facebook profile, click "Photos," then "Albums." Click on the name of any album you have created to open it. Above the gallery of photos in this album, click the gear icon, then click "Delete Album." Click "Delete Album" again to confirm, and you will be taken back to your list of remaining albums.

Limitations

You can delete only albums you have created. Default albums, such as Timeline Photos, Cover Photos and Mobile Uploads, cannot be deleted en masse. If you want to delete images from these albums, you will need to view the images and delete them individually. To do this, open an image in full view and hover over it until the menu bar pops up at the bottom. Click "Options," then click "Delete This Photo."

References

Facebook Help: How do I Delete an Album?
Facebook Help: How do I Delete a Photo?

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Based in California, James Wright has been writing since 1998. Wright's articles have been published on various websites with a focus on technical fields such as computers and the Internet, and were also featured in a now-retired publication for an online artistic community. Wright studied English, journalism, politics and psychology at Riverside Community College.

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