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iCloud Pictures

Hi! I just bought a new iPhone, and have backed it up with iCloud. My previous phone had much more storage, and I want to know how to prevent the new phone from downloading all the iCloud content (pictures, music...), as it will otherwise be overwhelmed. How can I configure the phone so that the minimum amount of pictures are saved on the device? I’d rather have everything on iCloud and download it if necessary. This also applies to the pictures I take with this new phone: is there a way for them to be deleted from the phone after they’ve been uploaded to iCloud?

Thank you in advance for your time!

iPhone SE

Posted on Jun 5, 2020 6:07 PM

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FoxFifth

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Jun 5, 2020 6:08 PM in response to Asbasbasb

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.

Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photos turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.

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