How to remove local Photo library?

[Tex-Twil]

Hi,
I have a macOS with an enabled iCloud Photo library. Now I want to disable the iCloud Photos on the specific mac and delete all photos from the specific mac.

I did disable the Photos from the iCloud settings.

Now if I open the Photos app again, all the photos are still here. So I deleted the ~/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary. file but if I open Photos it tells me "The library “Photos Library.photoslibrary” is in use by another program"

I rebooted the mac and opened photos again and it told me "Restoring library .." and after a while all the local photos showed up again.

How can I get rid of those photos and start a new local only Photo library?

cheers

 

[Mojo1019]

How did you deleted the Library.photoslibrary? Did you just put it in the bin?

 

[Tex-Twil]

How did you deleted the Library.photoslibrary? Did you just put it in the bin?

I moved it to a temp folder .. which I think is the issue and the Photo app actually finds it.

Here is what I did and what worked.
- Move / delete the `.photoslibrary`
- Start the Photo app when holding the Option key

The Photo app then prompts me if which Library I want to use and also give me the option to create a new one which is what I wanted.

That solved my problem

cheers

 

[Mojo1019]

I moved it to a temp folder .. which I think is the issue and the Photo app actually finds it.

Here is what I did and what worked.
- Move / delete the `.photoslibrary`
- Start the Photo app when holding the Option key

The Photo app then prompts me if which Library I want to use and also give me the option to create a new one which is what I wanted.

That solved my problem

cheers

Nice! Indeed I was thinking that you did't delete the old file, but just move it. Happy you solved this problem.