PPearson

Q: Delete photos from ios devices.

If I delete photos on my ipad or iphone will the originals still be in my icloud library?

 

I would still like to be able to access my photos, from my icloud, on my ios devices, but do not want to store any photos  on them. I already have icloud setup to optimize storage and photo stream is turned off on ipad, but turned on, on my iphone.  Is this something that is possible?

iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1, cannot open old backup

Posted on Sep 15, 2016 7:47 PM

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  • by Skydiver119,Helpful

    Skydiver119 Skydiver119 Sep 19, 2016 10:03 AM in response to PPearson
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    Sep 19, 2016 10:03 AM in response to PPearson

    The warning I get when I delete a photo tells me it'll also be deleted from iCloud.


    have you thought about a service like Flickr? You can set it up to automatically upload any photos, and it keeps them private until you make them public. It's also free and works across android, iOS and desktop. (Given the size limit of iCloud it's what Ive started to use for my photos, you get a terabyte of space instead of 5 gig)

    And beyond uploading them, what you edit on Flickr doesn't effect what's on your device and vice versa...i've deleted photos off my device and still had them remain on my flickr.