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Backing up or syncing to icloud

If you back up or sync your iPhone to iCloud, and then delete photos from your phone, will they also be deleted from icloud during the NEXT sync or backup???

iPhone XS Max, iOS 16

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 12:37 PM

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razmee209

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Posted on Sep 27, 2023 1:01 PM

CluelessAppleGuys wrote:

If you back up or sync your iPhone to iCloud, and then delete photos from your phone, will they also be deleted from icloud during the NEXT sync or backup???

If you sync photos to icloud Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support it's not part of the backup, so what you do on one device reflects on the other.

Icloud backs up current data on the phone an overwrites the old backup What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support

If you want to remove photos from your device but keep it in the cloud environment then look into google photos.

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