How to delete photos from iPhone but remain on iCloud
How do I ensure that I delete photos from iPhone not iCloud
How do I ensure that I delete photos from iPhone not iCloud
Sorry, you don't. iCloud is a syncing service to sync data across all your Apple devices. If you remove pictures from one device, it deletes them from all devices including the cloud storage.
Sorry, you don't. iCloud is a syncing service to sync data across all your Apple devices. If you remove pictures from one device, it deletes them from all devices including the cloud storage.
So why do we pay per month for storage?
As a convenience to enable syncing content across your devices. And, to obtain space if you perform iCloud backups.
So if I backup in iCloud - the photos I deleted have been saved?
Yes.
However, if you want to retrieve those photos and you perform a restore, it will wipe out anything current, including new photos and revert back to the point in time when you made the backup.
How to delete photos from iPhone but remain on iCloud