How do I delete photos from my phone, but make sure they stay in the cloud?
How do I delete photos from my phone, but also making sure they stay in the cloud?
iPhone 7, iOS 13
How do I delete photos from my phone, but also making sure they stay in the cloud?
iPhone 7, iOS 13
If you use iCloud Photos you can’t do that because iCloud Photos is a syncing service and not off device storage. Whatever you do on the phone is reflected in iCloud. You can download copies of the photos to your computer and then delete them from the phone.
This explains how to download the photos.
Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support
You can also search for another cloud solution to store your photos like Google Photos if you don’t have a computer.
If you use iCloud Photos you can’t do that because iCloud Photos is a syncing service and not off device storage. Whatever you do on the phone is reflected in iCloud. You can download copies of the photos to your computer and then delete them from the phone.
This explains how to download the photos.
Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support
You can also search for another cloud solution to store your photos like Google Photos if you don’t have a computer.
How do I delete photos from my phone, but make sure they stay in the cloud?