• Welcome to the all-new iMore Forums! - We're still moving some things around, so you may see a few quirks here and there, but we're working on getting things fully completed as soon as possible. For now, take a look around, and if you run into any major issues, please let us know in this thread!

Why is my iPhone 5c (with active iCloud account) sucking storage via photos?

lgpeek

New member
Feb 6, 2015
2
0
0
I have an iPhone 5c. I only have 40 photos on my phone (the rest are regularly backed up onto my iCloud account.) But I am out of storage. Why is this? When I look to manage my storage, it's telling me that my Photo Library is taking up 3.6GB. I'm so confused - and frustrated. Thanks for any advice!
 

SwitchBeach

Active member
Sep 2, 2013
2,966
0
36
I have an iPhone 5c. I only have 40 photos on my phone (the rest are regularly backed up onto my iCloud account.) But I am out of storage. Why is this? When I look to manage my storage, it's telling me that my Photo Library is taking up 3.6GB. I'm so confused - and frustrated. Thanks for any advice!

If you are saying that when you "manage your storage" you are talking about your iCloud storage, I think this is the answer. You would need to delete them from the iCloud storage if you don't want them taking up that space.