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Elias_2035 Author

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deleted photos

hi, most of my photos were deleted from icloud after I deleted them from my phone. why did this happen and how to return my photos?

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 5:14 AM

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FoxFifth

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Posted on Aug 17, 2020 9:22 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: 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.

Check Recently Deleted in order to recover them. See: Get help with missing photos - Apple Support

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