Why does my Sony camera say that I can’t delete photos on the camera?

Jul 17
2009

It keeps on telling me that the photos are read-only and I have read the booklet from back to front to find out why it is read-only and how to change it. I have two other Sony cameras and don’t have this problem.

If it takes a SD card, take it out and there should be a small switch on the side that you can move. I had the same problem and it turned out that the card was switched to read-only.

7 Responses to “Why does my Sony camera say that I can’t delete photos on the camera?”

  1. Krayzie says:

    Maybe because the photos are in use.
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  2. Sal*UK says:

    Can you delete them off the card via the computer?
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  3. HollieUA says:

    If it takes a SD card, take it out and there should be a small switch on the side that you can move. I had the same problem and it turned out that the card was switched to read-only.
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  4. JBT says:

    HollieUA is right on the money.
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  5. AL in Bama says:

    Go to the format mode and format the camera memory – this will delete all images stored in your camera memory.
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    That’s how I do mine.

  6. anthony h says:

    Some Memory Stick media include a write-protect tab to prevent accidental erasure of data. On the back of the Memory Stick media slide the write-protect tab in the direction of the arrow for write-protect mode. When in write-protect mode it is possible to read data but not to write or delete data. Slide the write-protect tab in the direction opposite the arrow to allow data to be written or deleted.
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  7. ISBN51499 says:

    You’ve probably enabled protection on them. Read the manual again on Protect.
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