How to exclude photos when restoring from itunes backup?

How to exclude photos when restoring from itunes backup? I don't want to transfer any photos to the new phone from the backup of the old phone. How do I exclude the photos?

Posted on Jul 26, 2019 5:43 PM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2019 5:48 PM

You can’t. When you restore a backup, you restore everything in the backup. If they are Camera Roll Photos, you can delete them in the photos app after restoring the backup. If they were photos that you synced using iTunes, they aren’t stored in the backup anyway, so just don’t sync them back to the phone after you restore the backup.


If the phone syncs after you restore the backup, just unsync the photos to remove them from the phone.

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Jul 26, 2019 5:48 PM in response to teriley

You can’t. When you restore a backup, you restore everything in the backup. If they are Camera Roll Photos, you can delete them in the photos app after restoring the backup. If they were photos that you synced using iTunes, they aren’t stored in the backup anyway, so just don’t sync them back to the phone after you restore the backup.


If the phone syncs after you restore the backup, just unsync the photos to remove them from the phone.

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