Is there a way to delete multiple Picasa Web Albums in one operation?

Question

I have a bunch of albums that I need to delete from Picasaweb. Is there a way to do this, or do I have to go through them one at a time to delete them?

Answer 1

You could use the Google Command Line tool.

google picasa list  
google picasa delete --title "Your album name"  

You would have to create a batch file to delete multiple albums by name.

Or try typing in part of an album name as a wildcard. Experiment with it. It will prompt you with a confirmation on every album that matches the wildcard as seen below:

yes | google picasa delete --title "2010."
HINT: No need to include "google" in interactive mode
Are you SURE you want to delete album "2010.8.09"? (y/N): y
Are you SURE you want to delete album "2010.08.09"? (y/N): y
Are you SURE you want to delete album "2010.08.14"? (y/N): y
Are you SURE you want to delete album "2010.07.29"? (y/N): y
Are you SURE you want to delete album "2010.06.09"? (y/N): y

Answer 2

You can remove multiple PWA online albums from within the Picasa application: http://support.google.com/picasa/answer/187407

Tools → Batch Upload → Remove Online → Simply select the albums you'd like to remove and click OK.

Answer 3

There doesn't appear to be a way to delete multiple albums from the web interface. You'll need to do them one at a time. (It makes sense, really. Imagine the mess you would make if you deleted whole swaths of your albums at once in error.)

There may be something you can do from the Picasa application itself, but I can't check on that from here.