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Need to free up space on my devices by adding photos to my iCloud, how do I get them to my iCloud and off my device, without permanently deleting them?

iPad, iOS 10

Posted on Dec 10, 2019 12:52 PM

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FoxFifth

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Posted on Dec 10, 2019 1:09 PM

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.

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