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Does deleting from iCloud delete from device?
As mentioned, any photo or video you delete on your phone will automatically be deleted from your iCloud account if you have syncing turned on. This is the same as using Photos on iPhone or Mac; you’ll need to go to your Recently Deleted folder to permanently delete everything.
What happens if I take my photos off iCloud?
If you have an iPhone and iPad with iCloud sharing enabled on both, all photos and videos will be shared across both devices. However, if you turn iCloud photos off on your phone, your iPhone’s Camera Roll will lose any images that weren’t created on that device (if you haven’t downloaded them already, that is).
What happens when you disable and delete photos from iCloud?
If you don’t like using iCloud Photos and want to disable it on all your Apple devices, you get an option for that too. Available as ‘Disable and Delete,’ the feature will necessarily remove all your photos and videos saved in iCloud and free up storage space on iCloud. That is, any new photo will sync with iCloud.
What is the best way to delete photos from iCloud?
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- From your iPhone, iPad, or computer, sign in to iCloud.com.
- Tap the Photos app.
- Select the photos or videos that you want to delete.
- Tap Delete , then tap Delete.
When you turn off the iCloud photo library using the Disable and Delete option, you will notice that the iCloud photo library is still on but you actually have nothing to worry about. Your iCloud photos will be automatically turned off after 30 days.
How can I recover deleted photos from iCloud?
Go to iCloud.com and sign in to your iCloud. Tap on Photos, then select the Recently Deleted folder: After that, select the photo you want to retrieve and tap Recover. The drawback of the previous method (through icloud.com) is that you can’t select all the photos and recover all of them at the same time.
Does iCloud keep photos that get deleted?
If you delete photos on iPhone, they are also deleted from iCloud photos library and other devices using the same Apple ID. But you can check the Recently Deleted album on your iPhone or in iCloud photos library. If the deleted photos are there, you can recover them easily:
Can I delete photos from my iPhone but keep them on iCloud?
If you want to delete photos from iPhone but keep in iCloud, turn off iCloud Photo Library in Settings > iCloud > Photos. By doing so, you can delete photos from your iPhone but still keep them in iCloud. But you cannot upload new photos to iCloud as disabled iCloud Photo Library on your iPhone.