Will auto-deleting conversations on iPad affect iPhone messages when iCloud is not enabled?

Hi I am trying to free up some more storage on my Ipad. I do NOT have messages turned on in my icloud. I want to turn on delete messages after 30 days on my ipad, so it can have more storage for school. But I do not want any of the conversations on my iphone to be deleted. If i turn on the auto delete after 30 days on my ipad will it also start doing it on my iphone too?


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Original Title: will turning on auto delete conversations on my ipad affect the my iphone conversations if icloud is not on



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Posted on Aug 5, 2025 9:40 PM

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Posted on Aug 8, 2025 4:13 PM

If iCloud Messages are turned off on your iPhone, then no it should not delete from there. But if you ever turn it back on it can sync and delete the messages from both devices.

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