How to Delete Camera Roll and Saved Pictures Folders in Windows

This updated guide examines How to Delete Camera Roll and Saved Pictures Folders in Windows and organizes the essential facts, background, and practical takeaways in clear American English.

The following article will show you how to move, hide or delete these folders so that they do not interfere, as well as hide related libraries.

Move Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders

By default, the Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders will be in the Pictures folder . You can easily move them to any other folder.

You need to solve each folder in turn. Right-click on the folder and select Properties. Switch to the Location tab .

There is a field where you can enter the directory path for where you want the folder moved.

Don't worry if you don't know this link! Just click Move. , navigate in the destination folder of your choice and click on Select Folder . Finally, click OK to confirm the move.

You can return to this screen and click Restore Default> OK if you want the folder back in your Pictures .

Alternatively, you can simply cut (Ctrl+X) and paste (Ctrl+V) the folder somewhere with File Explorer.

Hide the Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders

If you don't want to move folders or delete them permanently, you can hide them from view.

To do this, highlight both folders (or holdCtrlas you click each one) and switch to the View tab on the ribbon. In the Show / hide section , click Hide selected items .

If you still see the folder but with the icon dimmed, that means you have the setting turned on to see hidden items. To turn off this feature, still on the View tab, uncheck Hidden items.

Reverting these instructions will allow the folders to show again.

Delete the Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders

Because the Camera Roll and Saved Pictures folders are tied to the Camera and Photos app, the only way to permanently delete these folders is to uninstall the apps.

These apps come with Windows 10 and can't be uninstalled like a regular program. Instead, you need to use PowerShell to uninstall.

To get started, perform a PowerShell search . Next, right click on the result and select Run as administrator .

Copy (Ctrl+C), paste (Ctrl+V) and pressEnteron the keyboard for each command.

To uninstall Camera:

Get-AppxPackage *windowscamera* | Remove-AppxPackage

To uninstall Photos:

Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage

Note that you can use the Photos app to browse photos on your computer without realizing it. A suitable alternative is Windows Photo Viewer .

If you want to reinstall those applications or any other deleted Windows applications, use this command in PowerShell:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_. InstallLocation)AppXManifest.xml"}