My photos still appear in IPL even after deleting them from my device. Is it possible or some error?

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My photos still appear in IPL even after deleting them from my device. Is it possible or some error?

Hi..I had read that if you delete photos from your device and if you have activated iCloud photo library, then these photos get deleted from the library as well permanently. Due to this reason I had switched to Google Photos. But surprisingly when I now log into my iCloud photo library, I see photos still appear there even though I had deleted them long back. Is it possible? or Is it some kind of error?

In fact it will be good if this feature is now available that allows you to delete photos from the device but retain them in iCloud Photo Library. Big storage saver!!!

iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.3

Posted on Mar 4, 2016 4:17 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 4, 2016 4:20 AM in response to zub_ahmed

If you have iCloud photo library enabled on all your devices and you delete a photo, it gets deleted everywhere.

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Mar 4, 2016 9:30 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Ideally that should be the case but it isn't. That's why I started using google photos but when I logged in iCloud all my photos were there which I had deleted from my device and deleted items as well.

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Eric Root

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Mar 4, 2016 12:46 PM in response to zub_ahmed

Log into iCloud.com, go to Photos and click select. Select one photo and then while holding down the shift key, select others. Then click Remove.

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Mar 5, 2016 2:21 AM in response to zub_ahmed

Then something isn't syncing somewhere.

Please start by telling us your “iCloud Photo Library” and “My Photo Stream” settings on all of your devices. (Settings > Photos & Camera on your iOS device and Photos > Preferences > iCloud on your Mac)

Please also advise if there is any ongoing sync activity on any of your devices (Activity includes uploading, updating, downloading or preparing).

Also check whether the photos are being deleted at iCloud.com> Photos

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