How can I delete duplicate albums from my photo library?
Solution 1:
Camera Roll, Photo Stream and Photo Library are system albums and cannot be deleted. (Photo Library is a smart album and displays all your photos, regardless of where they actually are).
Your photos are probably only in the iPhone album, if you delete it, they're probably gone. However to delete it hit the "Edit" button, then the little red minus in front of the album you want to delete.
If you added the album to your phone by syncing it from your computer, you won't be able to remove it from the phone. In that case connect your phone to iTunes select the photos tab and uncheck the album you want to remove.
Solution 2:
This worked for me after having the same issue after upgrading to iOS 6 from iOS 5 where photos were showing up twice in the Photo Library. Note that this was on a PC, not a Mac:
- Moved all files in the My Pictures folder to the Recycle Bin.
- Synced all picture folders with the iPhone using iTunes.
- Unselected Sync Photos in iTunes and said yes to "Remove all synced pictures from iPhone?"
- Restored all pictures from the Recycle Bin to the My Pictures folder.
- Selected Sync Photos from My Pictures in iTunes and synced iPhone.
Now all photos show up only once in the Photo Library. Note as stated above, the Photo Library is a system folder that provides a consolidated view of all pictures stored in the seperate folders.