nicolefromportville

Q: if I delete photos off of my phone will they delete from iCloud or photo stream?

Once I delete all of my pictures and videos from my iPhone will they delete from iCloud and photo sharing also?

Posted on Aug 8, 2015 8:50 AM

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Q: if I delete photos off of my phone will they delete from iCloud or photo stream?

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  • by sterling r,

    sterling r sterling r Aug 10, 2015 7:03 AM in response to nicolefromportville
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    Aug 10, 2015 7:03 AM in response to nicolefromportville

    Howdy Nicole,

     

    If I understand correctly you have some photos shared in an album with iCloud Photo Sharing, and want to know if deleting photos from your All Photos album in the Photos app  will also delete them from the album and you iCloud Photo Library. Since iCloud photo library syncs to all your devices at once, when you delete a photo from any device it will delete them from all the others:

     

    iCloud Photo Library FAQ

     

    However any Albums you share with iCloud Photo Sharing will retain the deleted photos:

     

    iCloud Photo Sharing FAQ

     

    Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

  • by elcpu,

    elcpu elcpu Aug 10, 2015 7:12 AM in response to nicolefromportville
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    Aug 10, 2015 7:12 AM in response to nicolefromportville

    If you want to avoid doing so you would have uncheck the Photos setting under iCloud but then you would not be uploading to iCloud with your next photos.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Aug 10, 2015 7:15 AM in response to nicolefromportville
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    Aug 10, 2015 7:15 AM in response to nicolefromportville

    That depends on which versions of IOS you're using. IOS7 and earlier, the answer is no, IOS8 the answer is maybe, depending on whether you use the iCloud photo library or not.