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If I back up my iPhone to iCloud can I then delete pics from phone and not lose them

iPhone 11, iOS 15

Posted on Dec 29, 2021 6:17 AM

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Posted on Dec 29, 2021 9:53 AM

Young_chris825 wrote:

If I back up my iPhone to iCloud can I then delete pics from phone and not lose them

No, you do not want to do that. Icloud backup will override the last backup, next time you do it, thus those deleted pictures won't be included.

You will need to look into something like google photos to do what you want.

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