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Photo saving to iCloud from iPhone.

I want to upload photos to iCloud from my i phone but do not want them saved on my iPhone.

How do I do this and still have ability to view them in the cloud but no be saved on my iPhone?

iPhone 6, 12

Posted on Jan 27, 2019 10:34 AM

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Posted on Jan 27, 2019 11:31 AM

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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Jan 27, 2019 11:31 AM in response to steveb219

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.


Photo saving to iCloud from iPhone.

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