How do I clear my card of all the pictures on it, now that I've downloaded the pictures to my computer?
The best way is to format the memory card. There should be a command somewhere in the camera's menu system to do this. Since you declined to specify the make and model of your camera, I'm afraid I can't tell you exactly where.
Formatting the card cleans out the directory structure on the card, preparing it for further use. This is better than deleting the pictures individually. For one thing it's faster and easier. For another, it avoids the potential for future problems. FixYa is full of people asking how to recover pictures from cards that haven't been formatted recently.
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