Why do I still not have storage after buying iCloud storage?
I recently bought 50 space but it’s still showing my storage is full but I already paid for it
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You purchased iCloud storage – not device storage.
Device storage is in chips that are built into your iPhone. You cannot expand it after purchase. You need it for all sorts of things, including iOS, apps, music, movies, and photos.
iCloud storage is on Apple's servers and is used for storing backups, and for synchronizing things such as photos with other devices. In most cases, if you are synchronizing things through iCloud, they will take up space both in iCloud, and on each device that is synchronizing in that way. This is what allows you to access a lot of the data on your phone even when it does not have a Wi-Fi or cellular Internet connection. The phone works against the local copies, and syncs changes with iCloud when it can (when it has an Internet connection).
What's the difference between device storage and iCloud storage? - Apple Support
In the case of photos, you can turn on Optimize iPhone Storage. This gives your iPhone permission to substitute low-resolution local copies of photos for full-size copies when you start to run out of device storage. The full-size originals remain in iCloud, from where the phone can pull them down again (as needed) … when it has an Internet connection.
