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Can I mass delete messages on my iphone and keep it on iCloud?

I can't find a straight forward answer on this: can I delete all my messages on my phone and keep them on icloud? I have 5G messages on my iphone and 9G on my icloud. My icloud button is green as is my messages button.

iPhone 7 Plus, 15

Posted on Jan 25, 2023 1:32 PM

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Posted on Jan 25, 2023 1:40 PM

If you sync with iCloud and delete messages on device, they will also delete in the cloud.

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Jan 25, 2023 1:59 PM in response to Bob Timmons

Thank you Bob and Muguy. Both straight forward answers.

That was implied in some of the answers I read.

I am thinking I should back up my messages from my iphone to Dropbox.

There is not syncing between the 2 just a transfer from one to the other. This way I have back up and I can

mass delete the messages from my iphone to gain the 5G of space.

Can I mass delete messages on my iphone and keep it on iCloud?

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