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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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Sep 5, 2020 9:00 AM in response to saundra36

Either you personally upload them "somewhere else" and wait until you see them there (or allow the other service to do so by itself), or even better, activate the "iPhone space optimization from Settings > Photos (this is assuming you have enough space on your iCloud account).

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