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How to delete my old photos from iPad without deleting from our other Mac devices?

Posted on Jun 13, 2022 1:30 PM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2022 4:37 PM

If you have enabled Photos in iCloud on all your devices, iCloud being a synchronisation service, deletion will be replicated everywhere.

As such, you’ll need to disable Photos in iCloud for the device that you wish to erase photos:

Settings > [Your Name / AppleID] > iCloud > Photos > iCloud Photos - set to OFF

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