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I need my pictures to be safe on the cloud but delete them from my phone. Is that possible?

How to delete my pictures from my phone but keep them on the cloud?

iPhone 11, iOS 15

Posted on Aug 27, 2022 5:19 PM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2022 5:53 PM

Hi Beatriz from Lake Mary,

welcome to the Apple Community.

seems iCloud is mainly for sync of items across devices.

Deleting photos on an iPhone or device deletes them from iCloud and everywhere that is in sync.

Seems safer to keep a copy of photos on a computer,

or to use a computer to save photos to an external hard-drive... or both so there is a back-up.

All the best :-)

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