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User profile for user: JoJo1950
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Deleting photos from iCloud & all devices

I am trying to reduce my storage on iCloud by removing photos. I select the photos I do not want, delete them, then delete all. The problem is that my iCloud storage is still too high to do any backups, yet I've deleted 1500 photos! It seems that they return again when I go & check. This is so annoying not to mention time consuming. Can someone tell me please what I am doing wrong? I DO NOT want to pay $4.99 per month for iCloud as I am already paying $1.99 per month which is about all I want to pay. There are many photos I simply to not want, but I do not want to spend more hours deleting photos if they are going to return soon after.....TIA



Posted on Aug 9, 2019 9:59 PM

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User profile for user: tygb
tygb
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Posted on Aug 10, 2019 2:39 AM

If iPhone and Mac are signed in with same Apple ID and password and are synced all of the photos might not have completely synced .

You can sign out the Apple ID from any desired device iPhone / Mac and then delete the photos https://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mm08b49040b5

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User profile for user: tygb
tygb
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Aug 10, 2019 5:03 AM in response to JoJo1950

See these articles https://support.apple.com/kb/PH20785?locale=en_US

https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT206504

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH12790?locale=en_US

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/system-information/sysp4ee93ca4/mac

Some users archive the data as they don't want to loose it https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204055

Also its your choice to buy more iCloud storage https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT201318


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