How can I clear photos from an iPhone? I'm trying to delete my camera roll, I imported in to iPhoto, then deleted all the photos with Image Capture. As soon as I open the Photos app on the iPhone it just starts downloading everything again... Any ideas? I'd like to keep my photo stream working, just not keep the whole camera roll on the phone.
First, make sure what you're seeing is actually Camera Roll and not Photo stream.


Tap Settings > General > Usage.
Wait for the "Storage" section at the top to populate (can take a
while).
Tap "Photos &amp; Camera".
Tap "Camera Roll".


This will display the usage for each section. If it's Photo Stream then you have your answer. If it's actually the Camera Roll re-populating then you should check iTunes and make sure that "Sync Photos from" is unchecked.



If it was checked, uncheck it and do a sync again. That should clear it out.