unsync devices without losing photos/videos

I recently got a new ipad and all of the photos/videos from my iphone and ipad have synced. How do I remove all of the photos from the ipad without also removing them from my phone. When I go into icloud to unsync them and toggle off, I get a message that everything will be deleted if I choose to do so.

Posted on Jan 14, 2019 10:33 AM

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Jan 16, 2019 7:34 AM in response to turtle1456

Hello turtle1456,


Congratulations on your new iPad! I understand that you would like to stop syncing photos between your iPad and iPhone. I would be happy to help provide steps to do so.


Here's a resource that could help:


Change your iCloud feature settings - Apple Support


When you turn iCloud Photos off on the iPad, and choose the option to delete photos, this will only remove the photos that have been synced to the iPad using iCloud Photos. It will not delete the photos from iCloud or any photos that were on the iPad prior to turning iCloud Photos on. With this feature turned off it will prevent the iPad from uploading and syncing photos using iCloud.


Take care.

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