Removing photos from iCloud also ensures that they don’t persist if you restore a backup of your iPhone. Want to free up space in your iCloud storage? You’re in the right place! Keep reading as I show you how to delete your photos from iCloud in this article.
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How to delete photos from iCloud storage
The best way to delete photos from iCloud is to access iCloud via the web browser since it’s generic and more straightforward. You can also delete iCloud photos via your iPhone if iCloud Photos is active on your device. I’ll highlight the steps for both methods below.
1. Delete photos from iCloud backup via the browser
As earlier mentioned, this is the best way to delete photos you’ve backed up to iCloud already. To delete photos from iCloud via the browser using your Mac or PC:
2. Delete iCloud photos on the iPhone or iPad
If you’ve backed up all your photos to iCloud automatically, then you only need to delete them from your iPhone’s Photos app to remove them from iCloud. To do this:
How to delete photos from iCloud but not iPhone
You can prevent your iCloud deletion from reflecting on your iPhone by turning off sync between iPhone and iCloud photos. So when you delete a picture on iCloud via the web, that picture remains on your iPhone. To disable iCloud Photos on your iPhone: Undoubtedly, iCloud is handy for stashing files and photos you don’t want to keep on your local storage. But chances are these files, especially photos, end up cluttering your iCloud storage. Although the story might be different if you’re on iCloud+. There are just some images you neither want to keep on your local or cloud storage. So the best bet is always to delete them from iCloud backup so your iPhone doesn’t recover them during a backup restore. Got any questions or comments? Let me know in the comments section below. Read more:
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