Photo stream off but still showing shared photo stream

OK, so since you have iCloud Photo Sharing turned off under Settings, then I would recommend you try resetting your device (nothing will be lost - except the excess storage usage, hopefully): Hold down the Home and Power buttons (or if you have an iPhone 7 the Volume Down and Power buttons) at the same time, and continue to hold them both down until the Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Lock Screen displays, see if the issue is resolved.

If that doesn't resolve the issue, then my next recommendation would be that you back up your device to iTunes or iCloud, then erase and restore it from the backup:

Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

Post back if you have any questions!

Cheers,

GB

mewkiss wrote:

If that's a polite way of saying I'm a dumb *** thank you.

There are literally hundreds of support articles on the Apple Support website, including an online user's guide. My recommendation is to review those first when you have a question, to save yourself time. You'll find an enormous amount of information that will make using your device much easier and more enjoyable.

I am sorry, I have a similar problem and did not find a solution yet.

According to the storage information more than one GB on my iPad is used up by the shared photo stream of my photos and camera app. If I switch to the Photos & Camera settings everything is turned of.

I know there are hundreds of documents that I could read to find a solution, but maybe somebody already found the solution to this proble and could save me the time to browse through the whole documentation. I would very much appreciate help on this subject.

Thank you!

Frank

It is not your Settings that matter here, it is what is contained in your Photos app. When you go to your Photos app, what do you see there? What albums show up? Are there photos or videos in those albums? Have you checked your Recently Deleted album to make sure that it is empty?

Cheers,

GB

Thank you very much Gail for trying to help me. What makes it so funny: in the app I see the camera folder, the recently deleted folder and all my folders from my iMac. But all folders show a little beneath the gray icon and no pictures inside.

Never the less the storage information displays 1,1 GB used by the Shared Photo Stream.

Best,

Frank

Hi Gail!

Thank you so much for your effort in trying to help me!

But since I turned off Photo Sharing in the application settings, I don't have the cloud symbol at the bottom of my Camera Rolls screen. I just have Photos, Memories and Albums.

With best regards,

Frank

OK, but what do you see when you click on Shared Photo Stream, rather than Albums:

Cheers,

GB

Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing are separate functions. Both are located under Settings>Photos & Camera.

Are you indicating that you do not have any photos in your Camera Roll, or in any other albums except the Photo Stream album?

If you have albums on your device that you sync'd from iTunes, then you have to "un-sync" them the same way - via iTunes, by unchecking the selected albums under the Photos option under your Device in iTunes.

If the only place you see any photos is in your Photo Stream, then do this process to make sure that you don't have any lingering "Recently Deleted" photos that are not visible as a result of an issue with the way iOS 8 was archiving recently deleted photos:

1. Go to Settings>General>Date & Time, change your date to manual, and then change the date itself to 9/01/2014

2. Open your Photos app, and click on the Recently Deleted folder to see if you can see any photos there. If you can, select and delete these manually

3. Once you have deleted them all, quit the Photos app by double-clicking the Home key and swiping up on the Photos app thumbnail

4. See if that reduces your photo storage on your device

5. Don't forget to change the Date/Time back to Automatic

Best of luck,

GB

Still not understanding:

mewkiss wrote:

However my phone shows I have photos in photo sharing stream when I got to storage management.

What is the specific path you are going to when you see this, and what is the exact description of the line item?

mewkiss wrote:

When I am syncing to iTunes, it shows I have over 1000 photos on my phone.

Again, not sure where you are seeing any indication that there are over 1000 photos on your phone when you are syncing. Where are you seeing this information?

mewkiss wrote:

When I take a photo, I only want it on my phone. Is that even possible? Also when I am synced and I go to iPhoto is shows all the photos in iPhoto on my phone which aren't and I don't want.

iPhoto is a library on your Mac where you import photos from your phone. If you do not import these photos to your Mac, then if something happens to your phone (if it is lost or stolen, if it is accidentally destroyed), unless you have imported your photos, they will be lost forever.

If you do not want any photos in your iPhoto app, you can go to the Photos album in iPhoto under the Library section, click on the first photo showing and, scroll down to the bottom of the library, click on the Shift key and then click on the last photo to select them all. Once they have been selected, click on the Photos option in the top menu, then on Move to Trash.

Once you have deleted all of them, make sure that on your phone, under Settings>iCloud, that you do not have My Photo Stream or iCloud Photo Sharing turned on.

On your Mac, under Preferences in iPhoto, make sure that "Connecting Camera Opens" is showing "No Application", and that you have no settings turned on under the iCloud tab in Preferences.

Cheers,

GB

Again, a Shared Photo Stream is not the same thing as Photo Stream. Based on what you have posted above, the Storage information under General is indicating that you indeed, have a Shared Photo Stream on your device.

Go to Settings>Photos & Camera, and toggle iCloud Photo Sharing Off it is is not off. If it is Off, toggle it On then back Off.

You can also try resetting your device by holding down the Home and Power buttons at the same time. Continue to hold them both down until the Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Slide to Unlock screen displays, see if the Storage and iTunes info now match.

I would also still suggest that you follow the instructions in my first reply so that you can ensure that you do not have any photos that should have aged off but which have not.

If none of those steps work, then you final option is to Erase your phone and restore it from a backup.

Best of luck,

GB