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I am trying to manage my iCloud account within the 5GB storage limit.
What counts towards the limit?
Specifically, do deleted items in Photos? (i.e. those that are due to be permanently deleted within <30 days)
And what about shared photo albums via "iCloud Photo Sharing" - do they count again each subscribed user?
Thank you
iPhone 6s, iOS 10.2, 64GB (Dec 2014)
Based on what I have seen and read, the Recently Deleted album counts against your iCloud storage.
To the best of my knowledge, shared albums do not count against storage.
From the linked article.
Shared album storage limits
A shared album can hold up to 5000 photos and videos. If you reach your iCloud Photo Sharing limit, you need to delete some photos or videos before adding new ones. The photos and videos you share (and the comments or likes associated with those photos) stay in iCloud until you or the contributor delete them manually, or until you delete the shared album completely.
The photos and videos in your shared albums are kept in iCloud, but they don't count against your iCloud storage limit.
Based on what I have seen and read, the Recently Deleted album counts against your iCloud storage.
To the best of my knowledge, shared albums do not count against storage.
From the linked article.
Shared album storage limits
A shared album can hold up to 5000 photos and videos. If you reach your iCloud Photo Sharing limit, you need to delete some photos or videos before adding new ones. The photos and videos you share (and the comments or likes associated with those photos) stay in iCloud until you or the contributor delete them manually, or until you delete the shared album completely.
The photos and videos in your shared albums are kept in iCloud, but they don't count against your iCloud storage limit.
It's not explicit the deleted album in Photos does not count - I'm presuming that it does?
No reference to iCloud Photo Sharing albums (as opposed to iCloud Photo Library) - do these count or not?
I have checked in Settings > iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage and the size of my Photo Library is larger than expected.
Here you can see how to Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
What counts towards the storage limit in iCloud?
