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How can I tell if the photos are in iCloud or on my device. I want to delete from my device but leave them in the cloud.

I do not completely understand how ICloud works? I get the backup and restore and that my photos are in the cloud, but not sure when I can delete them from my individual devices and keep them in the cloud and still be able to view them from all devices.

Posted on Mar 10, 2018 10:00 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2018 6:39 PM

You cannot delete the photos on the device and expect them to remain in iCloud if using iCloud, because that's not how it was designed.

iCloud was designed as a synchronization service and not your traditional cloud-based archival service.

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How can I tell if the photos are in iCloud or on my device. I want to delete from my device but leave them in the cloud.

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