Generally speaking, it is true that you can not directly delete photos from your i. Phone without deleting them from i, and cloud together. The reason is that you have enabled “Download and Keep Originals” feature on i. Cloud Photo Library, thus when you delete photos from i. Phone, photos from i. Cloud will be automatically deleted as well.
If my photos are on icloud can I delete?
Yes, you can delete photos from your i. Phone and still keep them in your i, and cloud. Actually, this is a very complicated question. In this guide, we will fully explained what we can do.
When I was researching we ran into the query “Can I delete photos off my iPhone but not iCloud?”.
Here’s how you can delete photos off your i. Phone – but not i, and cloud. If you want to delete photos off your i. Phone, but not i. Cloud, there a few things you can do. Usually, your i. Phone automatically backs up to your i. Cloud account, and if you delete photos from your i. Phone, they’ll also be deleted from your i, and cloud.
A frequent query we ran across in our research was “How to delete iCloud Photo albums from iPhone?”.
Click on it and turn off i, and photos., below i Cloud, you will have the “My Photo Stream” option. Click on it and turn it off also. It will delete the i. Cloud album from the i. Phone but keep it in the i, and cloud.
What happens to my iCloud Photo Library if I wipe/Reset my iPhone?
, i Cloud Photo Library is separate from your i. Phone; it won’t be affected by wiping/resetting your i, and phone. It won’t automatically be enabled when setting up your phone unless you restore from a backup where it is enabled.
This is convenient for ensuring you can access them from your i. Pad or Mac, but also means any deletions are also executed on the i. Cloud servers and your devices. The upshot of this is that any photos deleted from your i. Phone will also be deleted from your i. Cloud Photo library.
Do I need to delete photos from my iPhone?
As Apple explains: “If your i. Phone is low on space, full-resolution photos and videos are automatically replaced with smaller, device-sized versions.” Therefore there is no need to delete photos from your i. Phone – they won’t be taking up much space anyway.
, i Phone 6, i. OS 11.2 i. Cloud Photo Library is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where i. Cloud Photo Library is turned on will also be deleted from i. Cloud and from any other device connected to that i. Cloud Photo Library.
Does iCloud Photo Library sync between iPhone and PC?
, i Phone 6s, i. OS 10.3.3 Your PC is the exception in how i. Cloud Photo Library works. If you deleted from your i. Phone or from i, and cloud. Com the deletions would sync between those devices but if you delete from your PC, they won’t be deleted from i. Cloud or your other devices.