are photo's and backup two seperate things in the cloud? So if I would delete the back up from the cloud, are all my photo's still in the cloud? And if I turn off photos in the options where i can choose from to make the backup from, does it still puts my photos seperately in the cloud?
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iPhone XR, iOS 14
Hello danique48,
there are essentially 2 separate things: iCloud Backup and iCloud Photos. When you do an iCloud Backup on your phone, it will include Photos, unless you have iCloud Photos turned on. In case you don’t have iCloud Photos turned on, iCloud Backup will automatically include Photos in its backup. This is to ensure you’re not missing any photos.
If you have done a backup in the past that includes photos (because you didn’t have iCloud Photos turned on), and you delete the backup, then the photos from that backup are not there anymore.
If you have iCloud Photos turned on, then all your photos are stored in iCloud already. This way the iCloud backup doesn’t need to include them anymore. If that’s the case for you, you are ok to delete old backups because your photos are already stored in iCloud via the iCloud Photos being turned on.
It’s recommended to turn on iCloud Photos, this way your photos are stored in iCloud (which serves as a backup). When you lose your phone or erase it, you would not lose your photos ever. The iCloud Backup takes care of anything else you’ve stored on the phone. If you have not turned on iCloud Photos, then your photos are backed up via iCloud backup, but if you delete any old backups you might lose the photos that were part of that.
You can learn more here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428?
Hello danique48,
there are essentially 2 separate things: iCloud Backup and iCloud Photos. When you do an iCloud Backup on your phone, it will include Photos, unless you have iCloud Photos turned on. In case you don’t have iCloud Photos turned on, iCloud Backup will automatically include Photos in its backup. This is to ensure you’re not missing any photos.
If you have done a backup in the past that includes photos (because you didn’t have iCloud Photos turned on), and you delete the backup, then the photos from that backup are not there anymore.
If you have iCloud Photos turned on, then all your photos are stored in iCloud already. This way the iCloud backup doesn’t need to include them anymore. If that’s the case for you, you are ok to delete old backups because your photos are already stored in iCloud via the iCloud Photos being turned on.
It’s recommended to turn on iCloud Photos, this way your photos are stored in iCloud (which serves as a backup). When you lose your phone or erase it, you would not lose your photos ever. The iCloud Backup takes care of anything else you’ve stored on the phone. If you have not turned on iCloud Photos, then your photos are backed up via iCloud backup, but if you delete any old backups you might lose the photos that were part of that.
You can learn more here:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207428?
Sure! To turn on iCloud Photos, on your iPhone
You’ll know that you had it turned on if it says “On”. In case it wasn’t on, you can turn it on now and it will backup all your photos into iCloud. Once that’s completed you can be safe deleting any old iCloud backups without losing any of your photos.
More on that here:
Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Thank you! And how do I know whether I have Icloud photos turned on?
And to be sure; If icloud photos is on, it's okay for me to delete de icloud back up, I will still have all my photos?
Are photos and backup two separate things in the iCloud?
