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Jhause8796 Author

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Can I store photos on my iCloud storage without taking up phone storage?

iPad, iPadOS 14

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 11:26 PM

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Axel Foley

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Posted on Dec 26, 2020 11:38 PM

Yes you can do that but the photos will take up minimal storage if you use the Optimize iPhone Storage feature. The way this works is you open Settings ➔ Photos ➔ Optimize iPhone Storage : Set this to ON.

Once you do that then all your photos will be stored in high resolution on iCloud and low resolution on your iPhone. This will save a lot of space on your iPhone. When you retrieve or view your photo(s) on your iPhone then it will be converted to high resolution.

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