I found that my iPhone has about 10K extra pictures from before I had my iPhone. I assume it came from all my iCloud Photos. Is there a way to make sure my iPhone photos are backed up in my iCloud without having all the pictures from my iCloud (from my iPad, iMac, etc) on my phone? It seems like its an either or proposition.
Thanks in advance.
iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 18
iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See the following Apple article for more information: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See the following Apple article for more information: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
Removing selected photos from iPhone without effecting iCloud Photos
