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No Storage Left!!!

I recently bought more iCloud storage with the intention to free up space on my phone. When I did, however, it didn’t free up any space. I set it to optimize storage, which helped a little, but I still only have 2-3 gigabytes left. Is there a way for me to keep my photos on my phone without them taking up space on the physical storage?

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Dec 5, 2021 5:11 PM

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Posted on Dec 5, 2021 7:54 PM

iCloud doesn’t move the photos to the cloud, it basically only ensures that they are synced across all of your devices. The optimize setting leaves a smaller file version of the photo on your device until you go to view it, but iCloud doesn’t offer a way to only store the photos on the cloud.


There are some other photo backup apps that keep them entirely in the cloud, though.

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Dec 5, 2021 7:54 PM in response to A_curious_person

iCloud doesn’t move the photos to the cloud, it basically only ensures that they are synced across all of your devices. The optimize setting leaves a smaller file version of the photo on your device until you go to view it, but iCloud doesn’t offer a way to only store the photos on the cloud.


There are some other photo backup apps that keep them entirely in the cloud, though.

No Storage Left!!!

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