Turning off icloud photos

If I turn off icloud photos, and select delete photos, will I lose them forever? For context, I'm transferring to a new iPhone (iphone 8 to iphone 12) and don't want my old phone photos?

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Posted on Oct 12, 2022 02:07 PM

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razmee209

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Posted on Oct 12, 2022 04:07 PM

ihumaniconfused wrote:

If I turn off icloud photos, and select delete photos, will I lose them forever? For context, I'm transferring to a new iPhone (iphone 8 to iphone 12) and don't want my old phone photos?

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Oct 12, 2022 04:07 PM in response to ihumaniconfused

ihumaniconfused wrote:

If I turn off icloud photos, and select delete photos, will I lose them forever? For context, I'm transferring to a new iPhone (iphone 8 to iphone 12) and don't want my old phone photos?

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