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I have plenty of my cloud storage but I’m running out of space on my iPhone for photos I want to deep archive them how do I do that

I have lots of space in iCloud but I’m running out of space for photos on my iPhone. How can I deep archive my photos without deleting them permanently?

iPhone 7, iOS 13

Posted on May 14, 2021 5:24 PM

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Posted on May 14, 2021 6:10 PM

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: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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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May 14, 2021 6:10 PM in response to ira125

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: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support


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.



I have plenty of my cloud storage but I’m running out of space on my iPhone for photos I want to deep archive them how do I do that

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