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Delete pictures/video

How to delete pictures/videos on my phone but not on icloud?

iPhone 6, iOS 9

Posted on May 8, 2019 12:41 PM

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Posted on May 8, 2019 12:51 PM

If you activated iCloud Photos you can't delete them because they are automatically deleted in iCloud too. Before making any change to settings or deleting any image, save pictures/videos from iCloud following these steps:

Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support

Then you can delete what you want, since they are stored on your computer.

Regards

Giulio



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May 8, 2019 12:51 PM in response to Uwera19

If you activated iCloud Photos you can't delete them because they are automatically deleted in iCloud too. Before making any change to settings or deleting any image, save pictures/videos from iCloud following these steps:

Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support

Then you can delete what you want, since they are stored on your computer.

Regards

Giulio



May 9, 2019 2:33 AM in response to ProustGiulio

Thank you very much!! The thing is that I have 2 iPhones connected on my Icloud account. So I wanted to delete pictures/videos on the iPhone A but not on the iPhone B. So I guess I can just deactivate "iCloud Photos" on iPhone A before deleting the pictures/videos I want on iPhone A. Meanwhile all my pictures/videos will be saved on iCloud and Iphone B ?

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