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I want to see manage photos in my iCloud and recover deleted photos.

I don’t understand iCloud. Sorry - this is probably a common question. I am constantly getting messages that my iCloud storage is full. However, I can’t figure out how to manage the storage. There is no obvious way to look at the photos in my icloud storage and delete anything. Also, when I got a new phone, my old pictures were transferred to my new phone and immediately took up all the space for photos on my phone. So I deleted them off my phone and now I can’t find the old photos ANYWHERE! Please help.








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Posted on Jul 25, 2020 11:01 AM

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Posted on Jul 25, 2020 11:12 AM

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: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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.


If you deleted photos recently (approximately 30 days) see the following: Get help with missing photos – Apple Support


For information about managing iCloud storage, see: Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support

To buy more iCloud storage, see: Buy more iCloud storage - Apple Support

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Jul 25, 2020 11:12 AM in response to marycrystal1234

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: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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.


If you deleted photos recently (approximately 30 days) see the following: Get help with missing photos – Apple Support


For information about managing iCloud storage, see: Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support

To buy more iCloud storage, see: Buy more iCloud storage - Apple Support

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I want to see manage photos in my iCloud and recover deleted photos.

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