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Delete photos in the library on the iPhone 8 while leaving them in the icloud storage

How do I delete photos in the library on the iPhone 8 while leaving them in the icloud storage.

Posted on Mar 26, 2021 6:23 AM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2021 6:26 AM

You can't. iCloud is a syncing service and if you delete things on the device the iCloud copy is also removed.

Back them up to a computer and keep them in a special new folder.

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