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Stacy146

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Q: If I back up pictures from the camera roll on my iPad to iCloud and then delete the pictures off my iPad will the next back up to iCloud erase those picutres from iCloud?

If I back up pictures from the camera roll on my iPad to iCloud and then delete the pictures off my iPad will the next back up to iCloud erase those picutres from iCloud? or will all pictures remain in iCloud?

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Posted on Aug 2, 2013 9:31 AM

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randers4 Aug 2, 2013 10:28 AM in response to Stacy146
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Aug 2, 2013 10:28 AM in response to Stacy146

They will be erased. The backup only includes the data (and photos) on the iPad at the time of the backup. To keep your photos permanently, import them to your computer as explained here before deleting them: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083.
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