why can i see my fathers photos and other data on my phone while im still logged on my own iCloud?

So recently I lost my phone and wanted to use my dad's old phone for a while, so I signed in to my iCloud and everything to his old phone. After that I found my phone again and signed out from my dad's phone but somehow his photos, contacts, airplane tickets, etc. where shown on my phone - (and yes my iCloud is not synced or logged in to any of his devices).

I hope that some may know how to deal with this problem because I'm getting tired of always having to see his photos in my own camera roll:)

iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Aug 26, 2023 05:18 AM

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Limnos

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Posted on Aug 26, 2023 05:30 AM

This can happen when you sign into another person's phone that was not erased first. You are asked if you wish to merge old data that is already on the phone with the account that is being signed in. If you say yes then it gets integrated into your account and then into your iCloud storage. When you sign out, it is still in your iCloud storage. Your only remedy is to manually go through and remove things that are not yours.

Note that this is not on-going linking. It took place when you signed into his phone.

You may wish to tell your father he might want to change passwords on his accounts used on the phone.

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