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Increase my storage in my phone

If I delete photos on my phone how can I be sure that they are safeostored somewhere else

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Sep 5, 2020 8:53 AM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2020 8:58 AM

No, they are NOT safely stored anywhere else unless you sync them to a service like Google Photos, Dropbox, box.com, etc.


If you are thinking of iCloud, it is a sync service, not an archiving service. So if you delete a photo from your phone it will also be deleted from iCloud (and any other devices that share your iCloud account).


You can also download them to your computer using a USB cable.

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Sep 5, 2020 8:58 AM in response to saundra36

No, they are NOT safely stored anywhere else unless you sync them to a service like Google Photos, Dropbox, box.com, etc.


If you are thinking of iCloud, it is a sync service, not an archiving service. So if you delete a photo from your phone it will also be deleted from iCloud (and any other devices that share your iCloud account).


You can also download them to your computer using a USB cable.

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