Cannot delete photos on Canon Digital Ixus 40?

Go to menu, select pictures, run though menu for pictures tell you see delete

Consider NOT connecting your camera to your computer.


The best way to download pictures from your camera to your computer involves removing the memory card from the camera and plugging it into a card reader (either built-in to the computer or connected via USB or FireWire). This is likely to be faster than connecting the camera to the computer, and won't run down your camera's batteries.


Once the card is plugged in, it will appear to your computer as a removable drive. You can use the operating system's drag&drop facility to copy pictures from the card to the computer's hard drive, the same way you copy any other files. Or you can use any photo cataloging program such as Picasa.

There is no way you can delete the date stamp from the photos you have taken.
For future photos you can either correct the date or disable insertion of date stamp.

Set the Photo Effect to "B/W". For full details see the "Changing the Photo Effect" section of the advanced guide (page 57 in my copy). If you need the manuals, you may download them from here.

Use a card reader to download to a folder you create on your desktop.

Here's the manual (free to download):

http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/CANON/IXUS%20700-_E

Protection / unprotection of pictures is dealt with on page 130.

Note that FORMATTING a card will delete ALL pictures (irrespective of protection).

Hope this helps

You can connect camera's memory card to computer, then download this picture recovery program which is outstanding among all picture recovery software.
http://www.001-software.com/picture-recovery/

Follow the instructions in the "Changing the Photo Effect" section of the manual (page 101 in my copy). If you need a manual you may download a copy from here.

Camera menu, erase memory / delete memory option is there.

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