Where do locally stored photos go on iPad Pro 3rd Generation?

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Where do locally stored photos go on iPad Pro 3rd Generation?

So, I am trying to store photos locally instead of on the cloud. I clicked “download and keep originals” so that they would store locally to my iPad and use my actual iPad’s storage. It was successful because now I see that most of my iPad storage consists of photos.

However, where are they??? I went to my Files app and they aren’t in the “On my iPad” section and they also are not in my downloads.

Does anyone know where they go and how to access them?? Any insight would be great!!

iPad Pro, iPadOS 14

Posted on Oct 22, 2020 6:03 PM

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paauullaa Author

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Oct 23, 2020 5:47 AM in response to markwmsn

Ok. So then how do I delete JUST the photos off my iCloud, and NOT off the photos app? Because I thought photos app only had my iCloud photos

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Oct 23, 2020 11:29 AM in response to paauullaa

As long as your iPad is connected to iCloud Photos, the same photos and videos would live in both (and any other devices connected to the same iCloud Photos library). iCloud Photos is a multi-device full-sync facility; additions, edits, and deletions propagate between devices through the cloud.

To remove photos from iCloud Photos but leave them on your iPad, you would need to disconnect the iPad from iCloud Photos entirely. After that, deletions on iCloud Photos (through the iCloud.com website or through another device) would not propagate to the iPad.

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markwmsn

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Oct 22, 2020 10:30 PM in response to paauullaa

They are stored in your Photos library, which is a different area than any you would see in the Files app. You access them through the Photos app.

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Where do locally stored photos go on iPad Pro 3rd Generation?

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