Delete image libraries

This topic explains how to delete albums. The examples below show you how to delete all of the available albums or how to delete only a specific album by its ID.

Deleting a single album

When deleting a specific album by its ID, you must perform the following:

  1. Get the album.

    First, get an instance of the album that corresponds to the specified ID.

  2. Delete the album.

    Mark the album to be deleted and save the changes.

The following code deletes an album by its ID.

Native API

 

First, you get an instance of the LibrariesManager class. Then, you get the album with the specified ID. To mark the album to be deleted, you call the DeleteAlbum method of the manager with the instance of the album as an argument. Finally, you save the changes.

Fluent API

 

First, you get the singular facade of the album with the specified ID. To mark the album to be deleted, you call the Delete method of the facade. Finally, you call SaveChanges.

Deleting all albums

When deleting all albums, you must perform the following:

  1. Get all albums.

    Get instances of the available albums.

  2. Delete each album in the collection.

    Iterate through the collection and delete each album.

The following code deletes all albums.

Native API

 

First, you get an instance of the LibrariesManager class. Then, you get all of the available albums. You iterate through the collection and mark each album to be deleted. Finally, you save the changes.

Fluent API

 

First, you get the plural albums facade. To mark each album to be deleted, you call the Delete method of the facade. Finally, you save the changes.

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