Help me delete all photos from full iPhone 7 when photos are in iCloud
iPhone 7 is full.
3000 photos, 10 GBs. Photos are in iCloud.
Don’t want to “select” each one individually to send to trash.
Must be a faster way. Help.
iPhone 7, iOS 11.2.6
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I don't know of a fast way to delete photos but regarding your statement "Photos are in iCloud" be aware that iCloud Photo Library is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photo Library is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to that iCloud Photo Library. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photo Library turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.