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If I delete the photos on my iPhone after doing iCloud back up, does it delete them from iCloud too? If not, how would I pull them up once deleted from my phone?

If I delete the photos on my iPhone after doing iCloud backup, does it delete them from my iCloud too? If not, how would I pull them back up in the future once they’re deleted from my phone?

Posted on Jun 10, 2022 1:24 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2022 1:27 PM

iCloud backups are for disaster recovery, not long term storage. Each backup overwrites the previous backup.

If you back it up, then delete them from your phone, after a few more backups, the backup that contained those photos will no longer exist.

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If I delete the photos on my iPhone after doing iCloud back up, does it delete them from iCloud too? If not, how would I pull them up once deleted from my phone?

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