I have run out of iPhone storage so I paid 79p to buy more iCloud storage and nothing has changed, I still can’t take pictures or do anything in my phone. I don’t understand. If i delete my pictures and videos from my phone will they stay on my iCloud so that I can keep the pictures but still download things and take new pictures on my phone?
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It sounds like you ran out of space on the phone.
iCloud is a syncing system, not an external 'hard drive'. If you delete them on your device, they will delete from iCloud. To increase space available, go Settings/Your Name/iCloud/Photos and select Optimize iPhone/iPad Storage. That will reduce the space required by about 90% when fully effective.
You might want to consider a different cloud storage, such as Dropbox, OneDrive, or Flicker, that would allow you to remove the photos from the phone.
Thankyou for the reply but my optimisation is already turned on! Do you have anymore suggestions?
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