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I know share option if turned off would let me delete photos on iPhone n still keep it in iCloud.
What I want is somehow I keep deleting photos on iPhone n they r kept on iCloud forever. I have the cloud space.
iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See the following Apple article for more information: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photos turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.
iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See the following Apple article for more information: Set up and use iCloud Photos - Apple Support
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
Another way that photos may be on iCloud (if you don’t have iCloud Photos turned on) is via a backup of an iOS device. The only thing you can do with a backup is use it to restore a device or set up a new device. The contents of backups are not viewable at iCloud.com and if you delete a photo from a device it will not be included in future backups and will be lost.
Thank you for your reply.
In a nutshell, if someone needs a photo backup solution, sorry but iCloud really useless when you need more space and don't want to delete the photos. I have this issue. I have 256gb Iphone 15 Pro. It's a sync service. Suppose my Iphone is full, I have a 2TB plan. What is the solution for that if I can't lose my photos in iCloud but I need to space in my phone since I have a 2TB that I can't use? Since there there no middle plan? 200 GB is not enough and 2TB is too much?
Please, don't get me wrong and I'm not being rude, this is just my honest opinion, I do like Apple a lot but it's really odd a trillion company don't have a native solution for this.
Even if you buy the 1TB iphone still there is no native solution for this AND you need to buy the 2TB plan and use a half.
Thank you.
Leonardo.
Thanks a lot I was just trying to find some hack.. as my photos on iPhone have to be less so I’ve to daily delete pics.. but some of them I need to see later.. since on iPhone I delete it gets deleted everywhere.. I’m using OneDrive for photos too it’s good but another service I’ve to subscribe too :(
Delete photo on iPhone and keep on iCloud
