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How to make sure my photos are backed up to iCloud so I could delete them all from my phone

How do I back up all my photos to iCloud so I could delete them from my phone? Thank you.

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Victoria Munoz

Posted on Jul 5, 2023 5:02 PM

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Posted on Jul 5, 2023 5:13 PM

If you use iCloud Photos, you cannot upload photos to iCloud and delete them from the phone. iCloud Photos is a syncing service, not off device storage. If you delete photos on one device, they are deleted on every device using iCloud Photos including in iCloud itself.

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What happens when you edit or delete photos

When you edit or delete photos or videos, the changes are reflected across all of your devices.

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