Sharing Library - Personal library in the web not in sync

I am sharing my library with my husband and selected the option to move all my pictures to the shared library. In my iPhone all is perfect; no pictures in Personal and all are now in the Shared library. however, in iCloud web, there are many pictures in the personal library. I confirm I am

only selecting personal

library and it shows lots of pictures that should not be there. Please help.

Posted on Jan 11, 2026 12:59 PM

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Jan 13, 2026 12:27 AM in response to insight974

Then the syncing has not yet finished and you will have to wait until the library in iCloud will be identical to the library in iCloud. Perhaps the shared library is busy with syncing your husband's library. It may take a very long time until all libraries and iCloud are in sync. Just wait and do not anything that might cause a new upload, like turning iCloud off and on.


while you are waiting, you may want to check, if your Photos Library library is containing items in an incompatible format, that might be blocking the upload. This could be videos in a special format or any item from an unsafe source, like items shared with you or downloaded from the internet. Try to identify items that have not yet been uploaded into iCloud from your iPhone.



Jan 13, 2026 7:15 AM in response to insight974

insight974 wrote: How can I find the videos or photos that have issues with syncing?

That can be hard. Corrupted files, especially videos, seem to find lots of ways to hide their corruption. If you have a Mac, you can try a Smart Album like this:


Often corrupted files will appear OK on a Mac or iPhone, but they won't go into Edit mode or even have a trashcan to delete them. Video files seem the most likely to cause trouble.

Sharing Library - Personal library in the web not in sync

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