Apple offers 5 GB of iCloud storage for free when you create a new Apple account. With media, device, and app backup enabled on iPhone and iPad, it’s easy to fill up iCloud storage. You can free up iCloud space on your iPhone and iPad, but in the process, you may accidentally delete your precious memories. Here are the best ways to delete photos from iCloud but not iPhone.
The default Photos app comes with neat iCloud integration. Your photos and videos are automatically synced to the platform on your iPhone and iPad – as long as you have iCloud sync turned on on both devices. If you don’t want to sync your photos with iCloud and want to free up space, read along to learn how to delete photos from iCloud, not iPhone.
Check the size of photos in iCloud
Before we show you how to delete photos from iCloud, you should check how much space it takes up on your cloud storage service. That way you have a clear idea of how much space you get after deleting all the photos.
Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Select your account at the top.
Step 3: Tap iCloud.
Step 4: Click on ‘Manage account storage’.
Step 5: Check out the detailed iCloud storage analysis and glance at the Photos space in it.
Download iCloud photos to iPhone
Before deleting anything from iCloud, it’s a good idea to back up the photos and videos you still want. When you use the Photos app on your iPhone or iPad and delete an image, it deletes the same image on all other devices. Apple gives you 30 days to recover accidentally deleted photos.
You can follow the steps below to download iCloud Photos to your iPhone.
Step 1: Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
Step 2: Tap Your Account at the top.
Step 3: Select iCloud and tap Photos.
Step 4: Disable the ‘Sync this iPhone’ toggle and check the two options below:
Remove from iPhone: Delete photos and videos that have been optimized to save space. Choosing to sign this option will delete media from your iPhone but keep them safe in iCloud and the Photos app on other devices like iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. You can always download the original and full versions of your photos and media from the web.
Download Photos & Videos: It downloads a copy of iCloud Photos to your iPhone.
Step 5: Select Download Photos & Videos and keep a copy of iCloud media on your iPhone.
Once you have a backup of your iCloud media library on your iPhone, you’re ready to delete photos from iCloud using the web version or the Photos app on another device using the same Apple ID.
Delete photos from iCloud
Using iCloud web version is the easiest way to delete uploaded photos. Apple also recently gave it a nice makeover.
Step 1: Visit the iCloud website on your desktop or mobile browser.
Step 2: Sign in with your Apple account details. It may ask for a six-digit verification code.
Step 3: Check iCloud Home and open Photos.
Step 4: Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + A (Windows) or Command + A (Mac) to select all photos and videos. You can also select some photos by holding down the Ctrl or Command key and clicking the photos and videos. Tap the Trash icon in the upper right corner.
Step 5: Select Recently Deleted from the sidebar.
Step 6: Check for deleted items that you can recover within 30 days. Tap Delete All at the top and confirm the same.
Use the Photos App on iPad or Mac
iCloud Photos is also available as a native app on other Apple devices. If you’re signed in to the same Apple account on your iPad or Mac, you can also remove iCloud media from the default Photos app. Let’s take the iPad as an example.
Step 1: Open the Photos app on your iPad.
Step 2: Tap Select in the upper right corner and tap the photo you want to delete.
Step 3: Click the Trash icon in the lower right corner.
Step 4: Click Recently Deleted from the left sidebar.
Step 5: Select the photos you want to delete and press Delete to delete them permanently.
If you don’t have another Apple device using the same account ID, use the iCloud web version as discussed above.
Smartly manage your iCloud storage
You can always sign up for iCloud+ or Apple One plans to unlock more iCloud storage for your account. But if you already use OneDrive or Google Drive, it makes no sense to upload your photos and videos to another cloud service. You can delete photos from iCloud and keep the 5GB space to sync your Apple Notes, Contacts, iCloud Passwords, Reminders, Safari history, messages, calls, and other essential app data.
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