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- Yes, you can delete photos on iCloud but keep them on your iPhone.
- To do so, navigate to Settings > Photos and tap on the album of the photo or videos that you want to delete.
- You’ll see a toggle switch that says Delete Photos on iCloud.
- This is what you’ll need to turn off in order to keep the photos stored locally on your phone.
iCloud Photos and iPhone Storage Explained
How to delete photos from iPhone
Yes, you can delete photos from iCloud but not iPhone. To delete photos from iCloud, go to the Photos app on your iPhone and select the photo you want to delete. Once you’ve selected it, swipe left until you see Delete Photo. Tap Delete Photo and confirm that you want to delete the photo.
iCloud stores your photos in the cloud. You can delete them from iCloud by going to this link and logging into your account. When you are logged in, click on the Photos tab. Next, select the photos you want to delete and then click on “Delete Photos”.
If you remove photos from iCloud, the photos will still be on your device.
You can’t. iCloud is a backup service, not a storage service. If you want to delete files from iCloud, you need to delete them from your iPhone first.
If you want to keep the photos in iCloud but delete them from your phone, you can do this by going into Settings on your iPhone and selecting “Photos.” There, you will see a toggle for “Show on iPhone” and for “Show on iPad.
You can disable iCloud Photo Library by going to Settings > Photos & Camera, then tapping on iCloud Photo Library. You can also delete all of your photos from the library by going to Settings > Photos & Camera, then tapping on the “Delete All” button.
When you delete a photo from your iPhone, it is not deleted from the camera roll. It just moves to the Recently Deleted folder. If you want to permanently delete a photo, open up your Photos app and tap on the photo that you want to delete. Once it’s open, tap on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen and select “Delete Photo.
iCloud is for storing photos, music, and videos. It does not store your apps or other files. You can use iCloud for free with 5GB of space. If you need more space, then you will need to pay for it.
Yes, deleting an item from iCloud will delete it from your iPhone.
To stop syncing with iCloud, go to Settings > iCloud and toggle the switch next to “iCloud” to “Off.
To stop syncing photos, you need to turn off the iCloud Photo Library. To do this, go to Settings and tap your name at the top of the list. Once in your settings, scroll down and find Photos. Tap on Photos and then tap on iCloud Photo Library. Turn off iCloud Photo Library and you won’t be able to sync any new photos from your phone.
Delete any photos that are blurry or have poor lighting.
Organize your photos into albums by date, location, or type.
Tag your photos with keywords so you can find them later.
Turn on iCloud Photo Library and take advantage of its features like My Photo Stream and Shared Albums.
You can only delete the photo from your profile or album. You cannot delete it from all photos.
The iPhone’s default setting is to take a photo and keep it on the camera roll. When you take a photo, the phone automatically saves it to your camera roll. You can choose to delete photos from your camera roll at any time, but it will only delete the copy of the photo that’s stored on your camera roll. If you want to delete both copies of the photo, you’ll need to do so from both your Camera Roll and Photo Library.