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5,000 photos
A Shared Album can hold up to 5,000 photos and videos. If you reach the limit, you need to delete some or make a new Shared Album. All the photos and videos you share with the Shared Album stay in iCloud until you are the contributor delete them manually, or until you delete the Shared Album completely.
Learn more about My Photo Stream and Shared Albums. Photos uploaded to My Photo Stream or Shared Albums don’t count against your iCloud storage. iCloud stores the photos that you upload to My Photo Stream for 30 days to give your devices plenty of time to connect to iCloud and download them.
Shared albums do not take up space on your iPhone. If you have iCloud Photos enabled, you have the option to optimize the storage on your iPhone to free up space on the device.
Where are iPhone shared albums stored?
iCloud
When you share an album, the photos will be stored in iCloud, in a section that does not count against your iCloud storage. But they are also mirrored on the iPhone. I can see all photos in the shared albums on my iPhone, even in Flight Mode. So shared albums do use space on the devices of the subscribers.
How can I Share my iCloud Photos with a non Apple user?
The recipient just has to visit the URL in a browser to view the photos. They’ll see your photo album as a simple slideshow that includes the album name, the captions of your photos, and a link that allows them to download individual photos. As we noted above, non-Apple users cannot leave comments or upload photos which.
Add photos and videos. You can quickly add photos and videos to a Shared Album with these steps: In the Photos tab or from within an album, tap Select and then select the photos and videos that you want to share. Go to > Shared Albums. Choose the album where you want to share your photos.
Learn more about My Photo Stream and Shared Albums. Photos uploaded to My Photo Stream or Shared Albums don’t count against your iCloud storage. iCloud stores the photos that you upload to My Photo Stream for 30 days to give your devices plenty of time to connect to iCloud and download them.
What do I need to know about iCloud Photos?
There are three iCloud features you can turn on for Photos: iCloud Photos, Shared Albums and My Photo Stream. Each feature lets you perform different tasks. iCloud Photos: When you turn on iCloud Photos (previously called iCloud Photo Library) on a device, all the photos and videos on that device are uploaded to iCloud.