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deleting videos from iPhone without having them deleted from iCloud

does anyone know hot to delete videos from iPhone without having them deleted from iCloud? anytime i deleted video from my phone to make more room, it deletes from iCloud. i guess i can use an external hard drive. i thought the point of iCloud was to have them at stored in place that wasn't your phone. if its just a place to back things up a hard drive could do that.

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Posted on Dec 26, 2019 9:24 PM

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Posted on Dec 27, 2019 12:31 AM

iCloud is a sync service and not a real backup tool.

iCloud enables you to sync data between devices, but that also means that if you delete eg a film on one device, it’s deleted everywhere. Use optimize iCloud storage on your phone to save space. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264


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