- Ok, I know this question has been asked many times before. I've scoured the web, Apples site as well as here on imore, but just can't seem to find my answer.
I have an iPhone 6 plus with over a thousand pictures on it. All these pictures are saved on iCloud so now I want to delete them from my phone. Whenever I attempt to do this my pictures are deleted from everywhere and I have to restore them which restores them to the phone as well. How do I delete these pictures from my phone without deleting them from iCloud?04-20-2015 12:04 PMLike 0 - You will have to turn off everything off in the iCloud photo settings, and then delete the pics from your phone. Having said that, once you've turned photos back on in the settings, the changes you've made on the device will sync to iCloud and affect the photos therein. You will probably need to use a third-party camera app like Camera+ that has its own storage as well as allow you to save to the Camera roll to sync to iCloud, if necessary.
- You will have to turn off everything off in the iCloud photo settings, and then delete the pics from your phone. Having said that, once you've turned photos back on in the settings, the changes you've made on the device will sync to iCloud and affect the photos therein. You will probably need to use a third-party camera app like Camera+ that has its own storage as well as allow you to save to the Camera roll to sync to iCloud, if necessary.twilite2000 likes this.04-20-2015 12:48 PMLike 1
- Or a photo album app like MyPhoto.
Sent from my ancient but trustworthy iPhone 5. ☮twilite2000 likes this.04-20-2015 12:54 PMLike 1 - Now I'm really confused. Why would I want to keep carrying around photos from 3 years ago? Why can't I simply delete them? Why am I paying for extra iCloud storage if I can't delete photos off my phone without deleting them from everything else? Why would I pay for a third party app to do what I thought iCloud was suppose to do? This is a huge problem for me. Can't I just turn off iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream on my iPhone and when I want to upload new pictures to the cloud can I just turn them back on or will it delete and over ride my older photos already in the cloud?04-20-2015 08:58 PMLike 0
- Now I'm really confused. Why would I want to keep carrying around photos from 3 years ago? Why can't I simply delete them? Why am I paying for extra iCloud storage if I can't delete photos off my phone without deleting them from everything else? Why would I pay for a third party app to do what I thought iCloud was suppose to do? This is a huge problem for me. Can't I just turn off iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream on my iPhone and when I want to upload new pictures to the cloud can I just turn them back on or will it delete and over ride my older photos already in the cloud?
Sent from my ancient but trustworthy iPhone 5. ☮04-21-2015 07:59 AMLike 0 -
- Confused how?Why would I want to keep carrying around photos from 3 years ago?Why can't I simply delete them?Why am I paying for extra iCloud storage if I can't delete photos off my phone without deleting them from everything else?Why would I pay for a third party app to do what I thought iCloud was suppose to do?This is a huge problem for me. Can't I just turn off iCloud Photo Library and My Photo Stream on my iPhone and when I want to upload new pictures to the cloud can I just turn them back on or will it delete and over ride my older photos already in the cloud?04-21-2015 09:15 AMLike 0
- Just_Me_D ....I'm sorry for not being as literate in everything Apple as you are. I'm here to try to understand the products I have chosen to use in my day to day life. I find iCloud, iCloud Drive, and my Photo Stream confusing. I've spent countless hours on the internet trying to find answers to my questions before coming here because I'm afraid of being ridiculed by people like you. Thanks for your help, but I didn't need the condescending attitude that came with it. People like you always makes me hesitate to post anything and also takes away a little of the joy in owning Apple products.04-21-2015 09:59 AMLike 0
- Just_Me_D ....I'm sorry for not being as literate in everything Apple as you are. I'm here to try to understand the products I have chosen to use in my day to day life. I find iCloud, iCloud Drive, and my Photo Stream confusing. I've spent countless hours on the internet trying to find answers to my questions before coming here because I'm afraid of being ridiculed by people like you. Thanks for your help, but I didn't need the condescending attitude that came with it. People like you always makes me hesitate to post anything and also takes away a little of the joy in owning Apple products.
Last edited by Just_Me_D; 04-21-2015 at 10:41 AM.
twilite2000 likes this.04-21-2015 10:18 AMLike 1 - Just_Me_D ....I'm sorry for not being as literate in everything Apple as you are. I'm here to try to understand the products I have chosen to use in my day to day life. I find iCloud, iCloud Drive, and my Photo Stream confusing. I've spent countless hours on the internet trying to find answers to my questions before coming here because I'm afraid of being ridiculed by people like you. Thanks for your help, but I didn't need the condescending attitude that came with it. People like you always makes me hesitate to post anything and also takes away a little of the joy in owning Apple products.
Sent from my ancient but trustworthy iPhone 5. ☮Just_Me_D and twilite2000 like this.04-21-2015 10:30 AMLike 2 - iCloud Drive/photo library are storage AND sync services not either/or. This means that although iCloud Drive and photo library will store, for example photos, it also keeps everything in sync. It does not replace services like Dropbox, etc. Changes made to your photos on iPhone, iPad or Mac synced to that photo library/iCloud drive, will affect the same data on ALL devices syncing with that library. Apple does not provide a sync OR storage, it's storage that syncs. Hope o could clarify somewhat.
Sent from my iPhone 6 Plus using Tapatalk04-21-2015 11:30 AMLike 0 - I apologize for being sensitive and forgetting about the wonderful help you and others on iMore are providing for free and on your own time not just for me but for all who have questions about everything Apple. I know some people can be plain out crazy or pains in the a$$es so I do understand your frustration. I'm a little...who am I kidding...I am a lot OCD so add me to the crazy list. I do have my photos on an external hard drive, Dropbox, Drive, and iCloud Drive. I was hoping to get rid of Dropbox and Google Drive thinking iCloud would fulfill all my needs. Like Ledsteplin stated, I've read everything about iCloud and photo stream. Watched YouTube videos. I have a very basic understanding of both, but none I felt explained these products to my satisfaction. I felt I was still missing something. Just_Me_D...thank you. Now I absolutely know iCloud can't do what I thought it was suppose to do. I'll be canceling my extra storage and using exclusively Dropbox and Drive. I also want to say I envy people like you. I love everything Apple and want to become as knowledgeable and helpful as the folks here on iMore have been to me.Just_Me_D likes this.04-21-2015 11:49 AMLike 1
- iCloud Drive/photo library are storage AND sync services not either/or. This means that although iCloud Drive and photo library will store, for example photos, it also keeps everything in sync. It does not replace services like Dropbox, etc. Changes made to your photos on iPhone, iPad or Mac synced to that photo library/iCloud drive, will affect the same data on ALL devices syncing with that library. Apple does not provide a sync OR storage, it's storage that syncs. Hope o could clarify somewhat.
Thank you. You and everyone else were so helpful.
Sent from my iPhone 6 Plus using Tapatalkrobbrick likes this.04-21-2015 11:51 AMLike 1
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