If I delete photos on my Iphone or Ipad, are they also deleted from Icloud and other devices which are synced with Icloud?

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If I delete photos on my Iphone or Ipad, are they also deleted from Icloud and other devices which are synced with Icloud?

I have a number of photos on my Ipad and/or Iphone, and I have synced them with Icloud (my IMac is also synced with Icloud). I know that I can choose to synch directly with my IMac instead of with Icloud, but I would like to know what happens to the photos if I delete them from my Ipad/Iphone? I want to delete photos and movies to make more room on the devices.

I have not selected automatic syncing with Icloud for my photos.

I assume that the photos remain in Icloud until I go to Icloud to delete, but does anyone know how that is supposed to work?

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iPad 2, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 19, 2011 2:41 PM

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Yer_Man

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Oct 19, 2011 2:57 PM in response to slips01

Remember that you should not store photos on iCloud. It's time and capacity limited. It holds up to 1,000 photos for no more than 30 days. So, import no. 1001 and the first one is dumped. Leave them untouched and they will be deleted from iCloud after 30 days.

You can't delete individual photos from iCloud (only reset the whole thing) so trashing from a device will not trash from iCloud.

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