Removing old iPhone from account.

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Removing old iPhone from account.

I just migrated to a new phone (iphone 8+ to 12 pro max) I used the icloud backup / and redownloaded all photos locally using iCloud photo. Before I started the restore, I put it in airplane mode / disabled BT and shut it down. Find my phone has been moved to my new phone.

Couple questions on removing the old phone from my account.

The old phone still shows up in Find my devices, can I just delete without affecting anything?

The old phone is showing up under my devices, can I just delete without affecting anything?

From the Photos perspective, what happens when I just wipe the old phone (i'd like to repurpose it for my kid using her apple ID)? I'm assuming photos just stay where they are in the cloud and any other devices that has my iCloud account photos enabled?

Also, I recall reading/seeing something that if you ever disable iCloud photo on a device the photos that were created by the device will stay there. will removing/wiping the actual device that they were created with affect that? or the photos are now "associated" with my new iPhone.

Thank You,

Posted on Nov 27, 2020 1:18 PM

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FoxFifth

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Nov 27, 2020 1:21 PM in response to shrug7

See the instructions in: What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

None of those steps will remove any data from iCloud or from your new device.

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FoxFifth

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Nov 27, 2020 2:14 PM in response to shrug7

Same answer as my previous reply. I would use the steps in What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

None of those steps will remove any data from iCloud or from your new device.

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shrug7 Author

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Nov 27, 2020 1:52 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thanks for the reply.

My biggest worry is that by either wiping it or removing it some how the photos in icloud would be effected.

But it sounds like if I do the the Erase All it'll be OK.

Looks like I did a few things out of order, just to preserve the phone as it was before I moved over.

I did forget to sign out before I put it in airplane mode. Does that matter at this point since the new phone is trusted / etc? Find my iPhone is disabled on it.

I think at this point though I could just deleted it from the trusted devices and then just "Erase All Settings and Content"

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