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Is there any way to delete photos/videos from my iPhone without deleting them from my iCloud? I'm trying to free up device space without losing the pictures/videos on the cloud.
iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.2
It remains the fact that icloud is an incomplete, dumb and brutish syncing service. Mighty Apple should be able to offer some additional features like the possibility to delete photos on one device without touching those in the cloud. They are almost 1 trillion worth, for chrissakes.
You are wrong. Period.
And with your personal attack on a poster you admitted you know you were wrong. Period.
kaolynfromboulder wrote:
It makes no sense to offer a paid service that prohibits the user from the ability to delete data on their device. Period.
Nonsense, Period.
Right, and you would rather buy a storage device and NEVER be able to remove data from it as long as it is stored in iCloud. This makes total sense, lol.
If I wanted a storage device I would get one, not get a syncing service, as you have. That way leads to disappointment.
Just as if I wanted an Apple and bought an Orange I would be disappointed.
There is a backup service offered on iCloud, maybe you are not using the right word?
You can only sync on iCloud -- not save photos in a safe secured space and delete them elsewhere.
Yes, that is why iCloud is a SYNC SERVICE. Because it syncs. What is so hard to understand about what "SYNC" means?
What on earth are you going on about, do you not understand what a synchronization service actually does, if you have a way of doing it differently feel free to tell us how.
CTYankee777 wrote:
Again, easier just to pay the $20 a month.
Where have you been living? It's 99¢ a month for 50 GB of iCloud storage. Google is $20 a month minimum, and it goes up from there.
You did not think that means you can keep every single photo you take regardless of quantity, did you?
If you did I have a bridge we should talk about.
raponceu wrote:
Google Photos and (Amazon) Prime Photos are excellent choices,
So, just use Google or Amazon.
Turn off iCloud photos on the phone. You can then delete them from the phone without affecting other devices.
now wondering what the point of icloud is at all
It is a synchronization service.
thank you. not sure why so many people (myself included!) think of it as backup storage.
Delete Photos Just Off iPhone, Not iCloud
