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iCloud vs iPhone storage discrepancy

I have the same number of photos on my iPhone and in my iCloud, however the amount of space they take up is vastly different. In iCloud it says I use 35GB for photo storage, but on my phone my photos are only 2.2GB of my storage.

I thought that maybe my iCloud had more photos in it, for example maybe things were getting uploaded before I deleted them, but the number of images in both places is the same.

Why are these numbers so different? My phone has 128GB and my iCloud has 50GB so I would rather the bulk be on my phone, is there a way to get those numbers to switch?

iPhone 11

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 9:40 PM

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mulberry58

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Posted on Jan 9, 2020 10:14 PM

You’re probably using ‘Optimize photo storage’ on your iPhone: an option to save storage on your phone https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205703

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