Want to highlight a helpful answer? Upvote!

Did someone help you, or did an answer or User Tip resolve your issue? Upvote by selecting the upvote arrow. Your feedback helps others! Learn more about when to upvote >

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Delete photos from phone to upload to cloud

I need to make room in my iPhone - how do I upload my 9k plus photos to cloud and then delete from phone?

iPhone 8, iOS 15

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 8:11 AM

Best reply

FoxFifth

Level 10

469,095 points

Posted on Feb 7, 2022 8:51 AM

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: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264

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.

If you want to turn off iCloud Photos on a device, see the information in: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204570

View in context

Delete photos from phone to upload to cloud

Similar questions