Moving files and photos to iCloud

My iPhone storage is full, however, I have thousands of photos and videos. I wish to buy extra iCloud storage so that I can transfer everything from my phone to free up space and to do that I’m thinking once I’ve synchronised I will then delete all photos and videos on my phone. The question is will everything on iCloud remain or as I delete them on my phone they will go as well. Please help and guide. Thank you

Posted on May 7, 2024 8:32 AM

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Posted on May 7, 2024 8:44 AM

If you delete synced photos, they delete everywhere. You can optimize photo storage to save some space (settings > photos). Or, you’ll need to offload photos from your device to a computer and remove those from iCloud sync.

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Moving files and photos to iCloud

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