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Hi, if I delete photos from my iPhone do they get deleted from my iCloud? My phone is out of memory so I would like to delete them from my phone and keep them on iCloud, how do I do this without losing all my photos and videos?

iPhone 6s, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 19, 2021 5:15 AM

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Posted on Jan 19, 2021 5:33 PM

Ss06elm wrote:

Hi, if I delete photos from my iPhone do they get deleted from my iCloud?

Yes, as that's how iCloud works and was designed, i.e. it's a syncing system, not a cloud-based system.


My phone is out of memory so I would like to delete them from my phone and keep them on iCloud, how do I do this without losing all my photos and videos?

If that's the case, consider offloading them to an external device -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzN-0dJlPg8

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Jan 19, 2021 5:33 PM in response to Ss06elm

Ss06elm wrote:

Hi, if I delete photos from my iPhone do they get deleted from my iCloud?

Yes, as that's how iCloud works and was designed, i.e. it's a syncing system, not a cloud-based system.


My phone is out of memory so I would like to delete them from my phone and keep them on iCloud, how do I do this without losing all my photos and videos?

If that's the case, consider offloading them to an external device -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzN-0dJlPg8

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