saving and deleting photos from iphone

Hello lincris2, 

It sounds as though you want to continue having your photos save to iCloud, but not use storage on your device. Apple Support Communities is a great place for help! 

If you’re wanting to continue using iCloud Photos, and have new photos and videos sync to iCloud. You would want to follow the tips in the article below to utilize features to optimize your storage. 

How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

If you’re wanting to remove the photos from the device, and not have future photos and videos save to iCloud. You can turn of iCloud Photos in Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos. Upon tapping the green toggle next to iCloud Photos, you would be presented with the option to Remove from iPhone, or Download Photos & Videos. If you tap Remove from iPhone, the photos would remain in iCloud, but be deleted from the iPhone. If you choose to Download Photos & Videos, the photos would save to the iPhone and remain in iCloud. 

Any future photos and videos you take from that point would no longer sync to iCloud, and would utilize the storage space on your iPhone. 

If you would like to provide feedback about iCloud Photos to Apple you can do so via the Product Feedback website. Apple does appreciate our feedback about their products, services, and features. 

Another option that you may benefit from would be to turn off iCloud Photos, and transfer the photos and videos to a computer. This would give you the opportunity to save the photos and videos you take, but remove them from the iPhone to help manage the device storage. Those steps can be found in the following article. 

Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

You can also find helpful information about iCloud Photos via the following links as well. 

Set up and use iCloud Photos

Get help with iCloud Photos

Download iCloud photos and videos

Take care!