Syncing photos across iPad, Android phone, and PC using Apple iCloud

I keep getting Google saying that my iCloud is full. How do I cancel Google without losing pictures? I want them only in one place, Apple iCloud. I use an iPad and android mobile phone and PC. I would like pictures synced on all three.


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Original Title: iCloud saving of photos

iPad Air 2, iPadOS 15

Posted on Aug 26, 2025 5:09 AM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2025 7:37 AM

Google and iCloud are 2 different, separate and independent things. Google can't tell you iCloud is full, because it has no idea of it, does not use it, and cannot access it in any way to know what kind of storage space there may be on it.


It's probably telling you your Google storage is what is full, not iCloud.


If your Google Storage iOS full,. then you have to deal with that on Google's website and apps, iCloud is not involved.


With that said, while you can certainly use iCloud Drive to sync photos across your iPad and Windows PC, the Android device will be the odd man out. There is no way for Android to access iCloud Photos beyond logging into the iCloud website in a web browser.

click here ➜ View your photos and videos on iCloud.com - Apple Support


On the PC, you can use iCloud for Windows to sync iCloud Photos to the Microsoft Photos App and the iCloud Photos folder in Windows explorer.

click here ➜ Use iCloud Photos on your PC - Apple Support


If you use the Google Photos App on your iPad it can sync the photos from the iPad's Photos App to Google's servers and then make them available to the Android device, but then you need storage space on Google's service for that.

https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220402?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS



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Aug 26, 2025 7:37 AM in response to aloneagain

Google and iCloud are 2 different, separate and independent things. Google can't tell you iCloud is full, because it has no idea of it, does not use it, and cannot access it in any way to know what kind of storage space there may be on it.


It's probably telling you your Google storage is what is full, not iCloud.


If your Google Storage iOS full,. then you have to deal with that on Google's website and apps, iCloud is not involved.


With that said, while you can certainly use iCloud Drive to sync photos across your iPad and Windows PC, the Android device will be the odd man out. There is no way for Android to access iCloud Photos beyond logging into the iCloud website in a web browser.

click here ➜ View your photos and videos on iCloud.com - Apple Support


On the PC, you can use iCloud for Windows to sync iCloud Photos to the Microsoft Photos App and the iCloud Photos folder in Windows explorer.

click here ➜ Use iCloud Photos on your PC - Apple Support


If you use the Google Photos App on your iPad it can sync the photos from the iPad's Photos App to Google's servers and then make them available to the Android device, but then you need storage space on Google's service for that.

https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6220402?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS



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