iCloud photos

Afi1234,

Take a look at the section under "Download copies of your photos and videos from your device" in Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud. To download the photos from your device, you would just need to enable iCloud Photos first and then select "Download and Keep Originals." Otherwise, the other method to download the photos you're seeing in iCloud is explained under the section titled "Download copies of your photos and videos from iCloud.com"

Have a nice day.

Hello Afi1234,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities!

We understand that you’re not seeing an option to download iCloud photos on your iOS device. We’d like to help.

Take a look at the steps in Download iCloud photos and videos, specifically the section under “How to download photos and videos from the Photos app.”

Downloading full-size copies of photos and videos from iCloud on your iOS device will take up internal device storage so just make sure you have enough storage to download the content. Here’s How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Have a great day!

Afi1234,

Thank you for providing this information. With iCloud Photos turned off, you will not see the option to "Download and Keep Originals" so this would be expected behavior. When iCloud is on, it will store what it has space for so if you're low on storage space or do not have any, the photos already in iCloud would be available there and viewable on your device. Any new photos taken would still be on your device just not in iCloud.

Take a look at Download iCloud photos and videos to learn more about how to download a copy of your photos and videos that are currently in iCloud onto your device.

Take care.