{"id":22627,"date":"2012-02-12T09:57:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T07:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=22627"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:53:12","slug":"how-to-delete-photos-in-picasa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-delete-photos-in-picasa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to delete photos in Picasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-delete-photos-in-picasa-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22628\" title=\"Picasa\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Picasa2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.en.softonic.com\/\">Picasa<\/a><\/strong> is a great <strong>free program<\/strong> for organizing and editing your photos.The addition of sharing photos to <a href=\"http:\/\/google-plus.en.softonic.com\/web-apps\">Google+<\/a> and tagging Google+ friends is a great way to connect memories with others.<\/p>\n<p>While Picasa may not be a comprehensive editing suite when compared to paid software like <a href=\"http:\/\/adobe-photoshop.en.softonic.com\/\">Adobe Photoshop<\/a>, it contains more than enough options to edit and create collages and presentations.<\/p>\n<p>Picasa doesn&#8217;t have a dedicated delete button, so how do you <strong>delete images<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easier than you think!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Single images<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22629\" title=\"Delete photos in Picasa\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-photos-in-Picasa2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-photos-in-Picasa2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-photos-in-Picasa2-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Deleting a single image is simple.  <strong>Right click on the mouse<\/strong> on the image you want to delete.  Find the <strong>Delete from Disk<\/strong> option and you can delete the image.  Deleting the image will remove it from Picasa and any albums the picture is a part of.  It will also remove the image from your computer.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Multiple images<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22637\" title=\"Delete multiple\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-multiple-photos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-multiple-photos.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-multiple-photos-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nTo select multiple images, hold the <strong>Ctrl button<\/strong> on the keyboard.  Clicking on the images will create a queue of files.  When you are done selecting, follow the same directions above.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Delete folders<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22632\" title=\"Delete folders in Picasa\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-folders-in-Picasa1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-folders-in-Picasa1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/02\/Delete-folders-in-Picasa1-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Simple, isn&#8217;t it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Deleting images in Picasa is simple to do, once you find the right menu.  If you accidentally delete an image that you didn&#8217;t want to, the removed images are still in the Recycle Bin.  But if you empty the Recycle Bin, you will lose all your images, so be careful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picasa is a great free program for organizing and editing your photos.The addition of sharing photos to Google+ and tagging Google+ friends is a great way to connect memories with others. While Picasa may not be a comprehensive editing suite when compared to paid software like Adobe Photoshop, it contains more than enough options to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-delete-photos-in-picasa-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to delete photos in Picasa&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2030,"featured_media":22628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2907],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-22627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionpicasa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333930,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22627\/revisions\/333930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22627"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=22627"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=22627"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=22627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}