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Photo Storage

If I delete photos on my iPhone, are they still available on my iCloud? And how do I do that?

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Jan 31, 2022 1:59 PM

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Posted on Jan 31, 2022 3:14 PM

Henchi Said:

Photo Storage: If I delete photos on my iPhone, are they still available on my iCloud? And how do I do that? - Apple Support

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Perhaps.

Did deep in iCloud Drivehttps://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive. Important: Use a computer to perform this, as it would be more user-friendly doing so.


Troubleshooting Lost Photos:

If you are trying to retrieve photos, then refer to the following...

Three Tactics to Try:

A. Start here: If you're Missing Photos or Videos in the Photos app - Apple Support


B. Check iCloud, Directly:

For Photos: Go here, and see if they reside in iCloudhttps://www.icloud.com/photos


C. Where Else to Check:

  1. PC
  2. PDA
  3. eMail
  4. Mac Device
  5. Cloud Storage
  6. Android Phone
  7. USB Flash Drive
  8. External Hard drive
  9. Secure Digital Card
  10. Compact Flash Card
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Jan 31, 2022 3:14 PM in response to Henchi

Henchi Said:

Photo Storage: If I delete photos on my iPhone, are they still available on my iCloud? And how do I do that? - Apple Support

--------


Perhaps.

Did deep in iCloud Drivehttps://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive. Important: Use a computer to perform this, as it would be more user-friendly doing so.


Troubleshooting Lost Photos:

If you are trying to retrieve photos, then refer to the following...

Three Tactics to Try:

A. Start here: If you're Missing Photos or Videos in the Photos app - Apple Support


B. Check iCloud, Directly:

For Photos: Go here, and see if they reside in iCloudhttps://www.icloud.com/photos


C. Where Else to Check:

  1. PC
  2. PDA
  3. eMail
  4. Mac Device
  5. Cloud Storage
  6. Android Phone
  7. USB Flash Drive
  8. External Hard drive
  9. Secure Digital Card
  10. Compact Flash Card

Jan 31, 2022 3:08 PM in response to Henchi

No.

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 Photos 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.

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