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Can I delete photos off my iPhone but keep them on iCloud?
Usually, your iPhone automatically backs up to your iCloud account, and if you delete photos from your iPhone, they’ll also be deleted from your iCloud. To get around this, you can turn off iCloud photo sharing, sign in to a different iCloud account, or use a cloud server other than iCloud for photo sharing.
How do I move photos to iCloud storage?
Get started with iCloud Photos:
- Tap Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Photos.
- Turn on iCloud Photos.
- Select Optimize iPhone Storage to save space on your device.
How to force download of full res photos?
One way is to go to Settings> iCloud> Photos. You may see an “Uploading xxx Photos…” message when it is downloading: The problem is iCloud seems to trickle the photos down and suspends the downloads periodically. Most of the time this message just says “Last updated at …”.
What happens to shared photos when I delete them?
All of these photos are stored locally on my iPhone. If i remove any of those photos from my phone to free up space, are they also removed from the shared album? (that would be bad.) More generally: what are the semantics of shared photos? are they copies? symlinks? icloud photo sharing is on.
Why do I have to delete my photos from my iPhone?
While using iCloud Photos all of the images you capture on your iPhone are automatically uploaded to the iCloud servers and synced with all of your other iCloud devices. This is convenient for ensuring you can access them from your iPad or Mac, but also means any deletions are also executed on the iCloud servers and your devices.
Can you delete photos from iCloud to free up space?
Do Not Delete Photos to Free Up Space! Be careful when deleting photos or videos from your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or iCloud web app if you use iCloud Photo Library. Doing so may permanently remove the deleted photos from all devices.