Pictures
Why did my pictures erase from my iCloud if I deleted it from my phone. I even updated the iCloud? Please someone help! I want them back.
iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 13
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Have you checked the Recently Deleted album on your phone? Open the Photos app on the phone, tap Albums at the bottom of the screen and then scroll all of the way to the bottom to Recently Deleted.
Note that iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photo Library turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.