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.Saving/storing photos

Is there a way to save photos to iCloud and delete them from my iPad and still have them saved in iCloud? We need storage space on the iPad, but want to save our pictures

Posted on Aug 31, 2020 7:52 AM

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Posted on Aug 31, 2020 10:41 AM

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.


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Aug 31, 2020 10:41 AM in response to jammies3

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.


Sep 27, 2020 12:11 PM in response to jammies3

But what happens if I just delete the photo app from my iPad and then later restore it? It seems that some of the space it takes up on the iPad are photos that I have actually downloaded. I want to keep everything in the cloud but need space on my iPad.Yes, they are already optimized but I have a lot of pictures in the cloud. Thoughts? I wouldn’t be deleting any pictures just removing the app temporarily.

.Saving/storing photos

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