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I'd like to manage the storage space on my iPad. I have over 6.4GB being used up by photos and camera. I'd like to free up space on my iPad remove them, but I don't want to delete them. I do have iCloud storage. If I delete them from the iPad will they be deleted from iCloud as well?
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: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264
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.
Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photo Library turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.
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: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264
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.
Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photo Library turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.
ICloud is more of a data/imqge “sync-ing” service than a permanent data storage/backup service.
iCloud makes a poor permanent data/image storage solution.
Thr best places to actual achive images are services like Google Drive/Photos, DropBox, Flickr and other similar data storage/backup services.
That way, you can upload copies of your data/images knowing that you can delete the images off of your mobile device without fear of them being deleted from the data storage/backup service.
Google Drive/Photos has a free 15 GBs data/image storage tier followed by a 100 GBs tier for only $1.99/month.
To free up any additional data storage space on your iPad, backup any other data, as well.
Then delete any installed apps that you no longer use ouse infrequently enough that they aren't missed ( you can always reinstalled any purchased or free apps at some time later, as you need them ).
Thin out/delete any music/videos/movies/TV shows/images/eBooks/eMagazine/iBooks/audiobooks/Documents/PDFs, etc.
If you use a POP email account on your iPad, delete/thin out any old saved emails that maybe saved to your iPad.
To permanently delete photos/images off of your iDevice go into the Photos app and find the Recently Deleted folder/album and permanently delete any photos/images stored in that folder/album.
Also, you can check to see what stuff is eating up all your valuable data storage space by going into the Settings App,,General Settings Panel, in the right hand column, tap Storage & iCloud usage panel ( in iOS 11, it’s iPad Storage ), in the top Storage Panel, tap the Manage Storage panel, wait for a list of apps to generate that will tell you how much space each app is taking up on your iDevice.
Then, do a hard reset of your iPad by holding down both the Home and sleep/wake buttons simultaneously until your iPad goes to black and restarts with Apple logo, then release the buttons.
iDevices need to maintain, at the very least, a minimum of between 2-3 GBs of free data storage space, at all times, to insure normal/nominal functionalities/operation and general overall performance of any iDevice.
Good Luck to You!
photos taking up too much space on my iPad
