MeemieP
Level 1
(1 points)
Q: Saving photos in iCloud and not on devices.
When I took pictures on my iphone the photo get stored automatically on my photo library on iCloud. Can I delete the photo from my iphone to save space? I would like to store my photo on the iCloud but not on my device so it won't waste my device space.
iPhone 6 Plus
zinacef
Level 4
(3,290 points)
In order to save space on your device - iCloud > Photos > choose 'Optimize iPhone Storage'. Unfortunately that's the only way to save space. If you want to save the photos to the cloud and remove them from your device, then iCloud cannot help with that as iCloud is a syncing service rather than a traditional cloud-based platform service, i.e. it syncs the photos across all devices; you remove the photos from one device, you remove it from all devices.
For a traditional cloud-based platform, you'll have to consider using a third-party application like Dropbox, Flickr, or Google Photos.
