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if you delete photos from your iCloud will they delete from your phone as well?

if you delete photos from your iCloud will they delete from your phone as well?

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Jan 10, 2021 7:09 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021 9:25 AM

They will if iCloud Photos is turned on in your iPhone.


iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.



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Jan 10, 2021 9:25 AM in response to charity159

They will if iCloud Photos is turned on in your iPhone.


iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264


Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.



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