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Is it safe to delete all photos and videos on my iPhone if they have already been imported to the iCloud?

If the storage on my phone is showing full but my iCloud isn’t at it’s capacity then is it safe for me to delete all photos and videos from my phone since it’s in the cloud?

Posted on Dec 20, 2023 7:47 PM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2023 7:50 PM

No. If you delete the photos on your iPhone then those photos will be deleted on iCloud as well.

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You have purchased ➔ iCloud Storage from Apple where you have created and saved your iPhone backups and synch (Not Store) your Messages, Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Notes and Reminders. Note that iCloud Storage is NOT an extension of storage capacity of your iPhone. Just wanted you to know some facts.


Having said that, you can choose to Optimize Storage on your iPhone for all the Photos. What this action will do is store your original quality photos on iCloud and a small size photo on your iPhone. This takes up less space on your iPhone while maintaining the actual size on iCloud. This will free up space on your iPhone while making good use of iCloud. If you would like to try this then open Settings ➔ Photos ➔ Optimize iPhone Storage : Ensure that this option is chosen and has a checkmark on it.


Axel F.

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Dec 20, 2023 7:50 PM in response to sdr_93

No. If you delete the photos on your iPhone then those photos will be deleted on iCloud as well.

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You have purchased ➔ iCloud Storage from Apple where you have created and saved your iPhone backups and synch (Not Store) your Messages, Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Notes and Reminders. Note that iCloud Storage is NOT an extension of storage capacity of your iPhone. Just wanted you to know some facts.


Having said that, you can choose to Optimize Storage on your iPhone for all the Photos. What this action will do is store your original quality photos on iCloud and a small size photo on your iPhone. This takes up less space on your iPhone while maintaining the actual size on iCloud. This will free up space on your iPhone while making good use of iCloud. If you would like to try this then open Settings ➔ Photos ➔ Optimize iPhone Storage : Ensure that this option is chosen and has a checkmark on it.


Axel F.

Is it safe to delete all photos and videos on my iPhone if they have already been imported to the iCloud?

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