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If I downgrade my iCloud plan, will I lose my stored data?

I bought New i phone 15 pro 512 GB and my icloud photos more than 300 GB.Ad i have at the moment 2 TB I Cloud.


i am thinking to downgrade my i clouds. I am wondering if i do that all my photos will delete or what ?


or how can i download all the photos to my iphone storage ?


please i need your support ✨✨


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Posted on Dec 27, 2023 6:00 AM

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Posted on Dec 27, 2023 6:37 AM

If you downgrade your iCloud storage, all data including photos that exceed your new lower storage will be deleted from iCloud and any devices that are connected to it.


Make sure Optimize Storage is turned off in Settings ➜ Photos, and then turn off iCloud Photos.

It should then warn you they will be deleted, and offer the option to keep the local copy.

Say yes to that, to keep the copy on your device.


Once that is done, you can downgrade your iCloud subscription.


Do note, this will also prevent other devices logged in with your Apple ID from viewing your photos as they will no longer be synced to iCloud.

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Dec 27, 2023 6:37 AM in response to Guruu89

If you downgrade your iCloud storage, all data including photos that exceed your new lower storage will be deleted from iCloud and any devices that are connected to it.


Make sure Optimize Storage is turned off in Settings ➜ Photos, and then turn off iCloud Photos.

It should then warn you they will be deleted, and offer the option to keep the local copy.

Say yes to that, to keep the copy on your device.


Once that is done, you can downgrade your iCloud subscription.


Do note, this will also prevent other devices logged in with your Apple ID from viewing your photos as they will no longer be synced to iCloud.

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