[paulgee]

there is an easier way?

if you don't want albums at all just switch them off i.e.
in vboptions > user profile options > enabled profile features

then back up your database............

to remove all existing albums use phpmyadmin, locate usually VB# albums and select it then click empty on you phpadmin panel.

you can do this with album images as well.

doing this saved me tons of space in my database and stopped spammers using the albums area as a spamming tool.

Regards
Paul