iCloud: Disable photos - How to do it

Automatically saving photos to iCloud is convenient, but takes up a lot of storage space. To save the space, you can disable the synchronization of your pictures. If you accidentally delete photos or need to reset your iPhone, the data may not be recoverable.

Too little storage space? Disable photos for iCloud

In iCloud, you can easily back up data from your iOS device. They are then stored online and you can access them at any time from all your devices. You have a certain amount of storage space available to you for free - but once this is used up, no further data can be synced and backed up.Photos have a large file size. To quickly solve the problem of lack of storage space, you can first delete some photos from iCloud. However, only delete files that you no longer need.

Disable photo sync

1. Open the settings on your iOS device.
2. Tap on your name at the top of the view.
3. Then select the "iCloud" menu.
4. Tap on Photos. Here you will then see various setting options. Use the switch to the right of the "iCloud Photos" entry to disable synchronization.
5. You can also disable the "My Photo Stream" and "Shared Albums" functions here.
6. After your selection, you can determine whether you want to keep photos from the iCloud on your device or not.

You can also disable the synchronization of your photos from the computer. To do this, visit the iCloud website. Log in there with your credentials and click on "Photos". Then deactivate the photos from your iOS device.

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