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Pictures on old iPhone to new iPhone.

I just got the new iPhone 11 pro and I backed it up with all my stuff but was curious if I could delete all my pictures from here to start fresh and if they would stay on my old iPhone?

iPhone 11 Pro

Posted on Sep 24, 2019 1:40 PM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2019 2:10 PM

Well, there is a way. On the old phone turn off iCloud Photos, and when asked if you want to keep them say yes. You can then delete them from the new phone and still sync new photos to iCloud from the new phone.


If you do this then never turn on iCloud Photos on the old phone or they will be reloaded to iCloud.


I would also suggest backing them up to other cloud services such as Google Photos or Dropbox. There are apps for both in the app store.

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Sep 24, 2019 2:10 PM in response to Troz217

Well, there is a way. On the old phone turn off iCloud Photos, and when asked if you want to keep them say yes. You can then delete them from the new phone and still sync new photos to iCloud from the new phone.


If you do this then never turn on iCloud Photos on the old phone or they will be reloaded to iCloud.


I would also suggest backing them up to other cloud services such as Google Photos or Dropbox. There are apps for both in the app store.

Pictures on old iPhone to new iPhone.

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