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How can I turn off icloud photo library without losing any of my photos?

  1. When I click the toggle to turn off iCloud Photo Library, “This iPhone was not able to download . . . full resolution photos and videos. If you continue, the low resolution versions of these photos and videos will be removed.” and an option to “Remove from iPhone.” How do turn it off whilst keeping my photos and videos on my phone?

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 11

Posted on Apr 17, 2020 2:35 AM

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Posted on Apr 17, 2020 8:02 AM

Sounds like you were using optimized photos. The photos on iCloud are all full size, while the photos on your phone were scaled down.


Now you have more photo data on iCloud than your phone can store.


Your option is to remove photos that you no longer want to reduce the size of your library or download from iCloud to another location, like a Mac/PC.


See >> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204055

or >> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209454



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Apr 17, 2020 8:02 AM in response to ciderrr

Sounds like you were using optimized photos. The photos on iCloud are all full size, while the photos on your phone were scaled down.


Now you have more photo data on iCloud than your phone can store.


Your option is to remove photos that you no longer want to reduce the size of your library or download from iCloud to another location, like a Mac/PC.


See >> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204055

or >> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209454



How can I turn off icloud photo library without losing any of my photos?

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