How do I delete my iCloud photos and not store for 30 days

How do I delete my iCloud photos immediately and not store for 30 days

iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Feb 14, 2021 5:03 AM

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Posted on Feb 14, 2021 6:04 AM

In iCloud it says deleted photos are kept in the iCloud server for 30 days but I don’t want to keep for 30 days. I want to delete my immediately. How can I delete immediately and not keep for 30 days

That's exactly what my link said. Your solution was a just a 2 second click away almost an hour ago.


Delete photos permanently

If you want to permanently delete your photos or videos, you can remove them from the Recently Deleted album. When you

delete a photo from this album, you can't get it back. Here's how to delete photos permanently: 


  1. Open Photos and tap the Albums tab.
  2. Tap the Recently Deleted album, then tap Select.
  3. Tap the photos or videos that you want to delete or tap Delete All.

Tap Delete again to confirm.

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Feb 14, 2021 6:04 AM in response to Check0101

In iCloud it says deleted photos are kept in the iCloud server for 30 days but I don’t want to keep for 30 days. I want to delete my immediately. How can I delete immediately and not keep for 30 days

That's exactly what my link said. Your solution was a just a 2 second click away almost an hour ago.


Delete photos permanently

If you want to permanently delete your photos or videos, you can remove them from the Recently Deleted album. When you

delete a photo from this album, you can't get it back. Here's how to delete photos permanently: 


  1. Open Photos and tap the Albums tab.
  2. Tap the Recently Deleted album, then tap Select.
  3. Tap the photos or videos that you want to delete or tap Delete All.

Tap Delete again to confirm.

Feb 14, 2021 6:21 AM in response to Limnos

My photos on my iPhone aren’t synced to iCloud . I had off my photos in iCloud backup. So even if I delete my photos on my iPhone and the Deleted icon I only delete my photos on my iPhone not on my iCloud. I want to delete my photos on my iCloud but can’t delete them when I logged into iCloud on my Web browser. It says iCloud photos are kept in the server for 30 days but I want to delete immed not kept in server for 30 days

Feb 16, 2021 6:25 PM in response to Limnos

Deleted photos and videos are placed in the Recently Deleted album, where they remain for 30 days before being permanently removed. To delete photos or videos sooner, go to the Recently Deleted album, select the items you want to delete, then click Delete [number] Items.


I deleted my photos and tried to find in recently deleted trash but can’t find them. It seems My photos can never be deleted, do u know why?

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