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Photos

1) If I delete photos on my phone, are they still in iCloud?

2) if I delete photos in iCloud, will they be deleted from my phone?

3) My basic issue is I need to free up space on my phone and do not need all the photos I have in iCloud.

Thank you!




iPhone SE

Posted on Mar 16, 2022 6:30 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2022 8:36 AM

  1. No, they will be deleted from iCloud as well as your phone.
  2. Yes, they will be deleted from your phone.
  3. Turn on Optimize Storage for Photos on your phone. See: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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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Mar 16, 2022 8:36 AM in response to Nanainiowa

  1. No, they will be deleted from iCloud as well as your phone.
  2. Yes, they will be deleted from your phone.
  3. Turn on Optimize Storage for Photos on your phone. See: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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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