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I want to free up space on iCloud by deleting a large amount of photos, but will the ones I've shared in shared albums still be available if I do this? If not, is there a way to delete all of my iCloud photos except the ones I've shared with other people?
I just tested this, and it removes it from your All Photos album, and from iCloud Photos, but it does not remove it from the Shared Album.
You can double-check by removing a small group, then check your All Photos in iCloud and your Shared Album where the photos were, and make sure they are still there. However, since Shared Albums do not count against your iCloud Storage, I think they are literally, in two different places.
If you find that the Shared Album is missing the photos you can always quickly restore them from the Recently Deleted Album.
Best,
GB
I just tested this, and it removes it from your All Photos album, and from iCloud Photos, but it does not remove it from the Shared Album.
You can double-check by removing a small group, then check your All Photos in iCloud and your Shared Album where the photos were, and make sure they are still there. However, since Shared Albums do not count against your iCloud Storage, I think they are literally, in two different places.
If you find that the Shared Album is missing the photos you can always quickly restore them from the Recently Deleted Album.
Best,
GB
If I delete photos from iCloud, will they still be shared?
