photos take so much space on icloud .

i have the 200 gb plan on icloud and ive checked it today to see how much space is left for me , and found out that 120 gb is taken by photos , i dont have that much photos and i dont delete from my phone when its backed up , ive checked iphone storage and it says that i have 2.6 gb of photos , how is this possible that photos take this much space on icloud (120gb) , does anyone know what is happening ?


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iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 13

Posted on Sep 16, 2020 06:10 AM

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Posted on Sep 16, 2020 01:22 PM

Go to Settings > Name > iCloud > Photos > see what is turned on - either Optimize Phone Storage, or Download and Keep Originals (I'm suspecting you have this turned on).

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