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I had bought 200 GB of iCloud memory, for 1 year I uploaded photos from the device to iCloud and kept them there, of course I deleted everything on the phone. I checked today and everything on icloud is deleted, about 3000 photos/videos. Only what I have on my phone is on iCloud. Please help me!
iPhone 13 Pro Max, iOS 16
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 the following Apple article for more information: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
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 deleted the photos recently (i.e., 30 to 40 days) see instructions in If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support
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 the following Apple article for more information: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
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 deleted the photos recently (i.e., 30 to 40 days) see instructions in If you're missing photos or videos in the Photos app - Apple Support
Deleted photos are also erased from recently deleted and can never be recovered , a year has gone by , same with all iCloud data files , contacts , notes ...
The maximum limit for storing on iCloud server is 30 - 40 days see Delete files in iCloud Drive on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Delete contacts on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Delete and recover notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Photos stored on iCloud for 1 year were automatically deleted
