How do I delete pictures of my iPhone which wont delete?

My iPhone 5 has an album which has been saved onto it through iTunes from another laptop, when I try and delete the album through iTunes it doesn't seem to give me the option to do so. If anyone could be able to inform me on how to complete the action of deleting the album I would appreciate it, Thank you.

Solution 1:

Temporarily enabling icloud photo sync deletes all the itunes-sync'd photos.

Tried all these solutions, nothing worked. However, toggling icloud photo sync worked for me, because iOS won't let you sync both ways (itunes and icloud).

• If you don't want your camera roll going to icloud, import all of your photos first with image capture, then delete your camera roll so it doesn't upload anything.
• Settings > iCloud > Photos > Enable iCloud Photos
• Prompts: "Syncing photos ... is not supported ... Remove Photos and Videos"?
• Click ok. Important: I had 20,000+ sync'd photos and I had to re-do this about every 7000 photos or so.
• Go over to your photos app and watch the numbers drop on "selfies", "videos", etc
• Turn iCloud photo sync back off Settings > iCloud > Photos > Disable iCloud Photos
• The folders will remain (but no pictures in them)
• Plug the phone in via usb, launch itunes, sync one small pictures folder. This will remove all the remaining empty folders from the previous sync.

Solution 2:

This KB article from Apple shows you how to accomplish this:

Sync photos to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in iTunes

The relevant info is towards the bottom...

Delete synced photos

1. In iTunes, locate and click on your device.
2. Click Photos.
3. Choose "Selected albums" and deselect the albums or collections you want to delete.
4. To delete all synced photos, deselect "Sync Photos from" and, when asked, click "Remove photos."
5. Click Apply.

It sounds like you don't have access to the original computer that it was synced with though. If that's the case then this should guide you through the process.

Delete photos and video synced from iTunes when you can’t access the originals

To delete photos that have been synced from a computer that's no longer accessible:

1. Create a folder on the computer that you now sync with, and add a single photo to that folder.
2. In the Photos tab in iTunes, click the box next to "Sync Photos From."
3. In the pop-up menu next to "Sync Photos From," choose the folder you created in step 1.
4. Apply the change.
5. Uncheck "Sync Photos From."
6. Apply the change again.
7. Your synced photos will now be removed from the device.

Solution 3:

The simple manner to do this is to make a folder containing one photo on your laptop desktop.

Then tell iTunes to sync photos from that folder. That will delete all locally stored photos and albums (other than the camera roll).

Also, you might update to iOS 8.3 which allows you to manage your entire Photo Library in the cloud in which case you can delete the offending photos and albums using a web browser on any computer or iOS device that's linked to your AppleID for Photos app.