My iCloud storage is almost full.  I keep deleting pictures from my camera roll and it makes no difference on the backup storage used.  Any thoughts?

My iCloud storage is almost full.  I keep deleting pictures from my camera roll and it makes no difference on the backup storage used.  Any thoughts?

See if the estimated size of your camera roll in your backup options agrees with what is reported in Settings>General>Usage>Photos.  If it's significantly different, try resetting your device (hold the power and home buttons at the same time until you see the Apple logo, then release).  Then check again.

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  • When my photos are backed up to my iCloud, and i delete them from my camera roll and then back up my photos again, the pics i deleted are still on my icloud taking up space?

    im trying to free up space on my iCloud from pics i had on my camera roll that i dont need or want that did get backed up to my iCloud. i wasnt aware that pics stay there after i delete them from my camera roll. if thats correct.

    You don't need to delete photos from your camera roll to save on backup sizes, you can turn individual items on and off for back up in your iCloud back up settings.
    Apple States that the last 3 back ups are accessible, which means the photos from your back up may not be removed immediately.
    Being able to back up to the cloud can be very useful, especially if you don't have access to a computer or have infrequent access to one, however unless you specifically need to use iCloud for back up, you will find backing up to iTunes significantly more convenient and possibly more reliable.
    More about iCloud v iTunes Back Up

  • If I delete an old iCloud account, will it delete pictures from my camera roll?

    I want to delete an old ICloud account and create a new one, but I am worried that I may lose pictures from my camera roll. 

    You will not lose them from your camera roll but you will lose them from icloud.

  • HT202786 my friend shared a video with me on icloud photo sharing and then she deleted it from her camera roll, how do I save it???(very urgent)

    my friend shared a video with me on icloud photo sharing and then she deleted it from her camera roll, how do I save it???(very urgent)

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  • My friend shared a video with me on icloud photo sharing and then she deleted it from her camera roll, how do I save it???(very urgent)

    my friend shared a video with me on icloud photo sharing and then she deleted it from her camera roll, how do I save it???(very urgent)

    Welcome to the Apple Community Diane.
    I find that shared video can be troublesome, a few haven't appeared to work as you describe but have done when I've looked at a later date. Hopefully they will work if you give them a bit longer. perhaps it would be a good idea if you make sure they are working before deleting them from the camera roll.

  • I was organizing my photos into albums. then deleting them from my Camera roll. Then I went into MY Photo Stream and started deleting the pics I had moved to albums;Come to find out I deleted all pic from everywhere!!  Would the iCloud still have them sav

    I was organizing my photos into albums. then deleting them from my Camera roll. Then I went into MY Photo Stream and started deleting the pics I had moved to albums;Come to find out I deleted all pic from everywhere!!  Would the iCloud still have them saved

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    Backup on iCloud or iTunes only backup your Camera Roll. The other photos should be already on the computer.
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  • I created a folder from my camera roll and shared with my icloud acct, can't figure out how to access it from my computer?

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  • ICloud Storage is almost full -- how do I clear my iPhone Camera Roll back-up without losing my photos?

    Hi.  My iCloud storage is almost full and my iPhone Camera Roll seems to be the main culprit.  So...
    1.  I think that they way to free up my iCloud storage is to go into iCloud management and delete the back-up of the iPhone Camera Roll.  Right?
    2.  If yes, does deleting my iPhone Camera Roll from iCloud back-up delete the photos from my phone entirely?
    3.  Also, if I have already saved my iPhone photos to my iPhoto Library on my computer (via hard line sync), should I be worried about deleting the iCloud back-up of the iPhone Camera Roll?  (In other words, will deleting the back-up on my phone somehow tell my iPhoto to delete the copies of the photo as well?)
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    Here's a tip: Part of what I do is photography, so I normally treat my iPhone as another camera. So, what I do is after I have finished taking some shots/videos with it, I download them to my computer (in my case, via Aperture). For everyone else, on the Mac there is the free Image Capture app, or the iPhoto app (which, if you have the latest version of Lion, it isn't built in there, so you would have to download it from the App Store for a fee).
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    1) Right.
    2) No, because it is only a backup, not the Camera Roll itself.
    3) You should not be worried about deleting the iCloud backup of the iPhone Camera Roll. What would happen (in terms of the method) is that you first would download them to iPhoto first, then delete the images from your Camera Roll. This then would free up your iCloud storage space. Lastly, placing them in your iPhoto app will not tell your backup on your phone to delete them. When you delete the images from your camera roll, your "backup" will be smaller in size than it was beforehand.... Hopefully that made sense.

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    I'm trying to delete pictures on my iphone so I can have more storage but I don't know if that would cause my pictures to be deleted from icloud as well. I really need help!

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    GB

  • My Photo Library says it is using 2.3 GB of storage, but I only have 30 pictures in my camera roll and nothing else.

    I ran out of storage on my iPad Air, so I attempted to clean it up to make more room.  I deleted all but 30 pictures from the iPad's camera roll.  I have no other albums.  I even deleted the 'recently deleted' photos in case.  I restarted.  I turned off photo stream.  It still says that my Photo Library is using 2.3 BG and my shared Photo Stream is using 4.6 KB.  When i look st my photos on my computer (attached to the iPad with USB0 it says that my photos only take up 42.9 MB.  I just want to get all of the storage space I can.

    Any videos in Camera Roll?
    Make sure you are reading GB and not MB. At the top of Usage what are the "Available" and "Used" numbers?
    You should also try a Reset which could make the numbers display propperly:
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  • HT201317 I put absolutely all of my pictures of my Camera Roll and my Photo Stream on iCloud and when I go to sync my phone it says that I still have all those pictures there. How do I change that?

    Help

    What do you mean when you say "when I go to sync my phone it says that I still have all those pictures there"?  Can you explain what you are trying to do?

  • HT4847 i deleted some photos from my camera roll on ipad by mistake trying to get more icloud storage.  can i get them back?

    I was trying to free up icloud storage in order to back up my iphone 5 using my ipad.  I mistakenly deleted some photos from my camera roll and they were deleted from both iphone and ipad photo albums.  Can I retrieve them somehow or are they gone forever?  Now I read that doesn't help to free up space...not sure what does free up space so I can back up my phone again.  Help!

    Welcome to the Apple Community bonwal.
    Are you sure you deleted them from your camera roll and not from photo stream.

  • Will deleting pictures from my photo stream on my phone remove them from my iCloud albums?

    I am almost out of storage on my phone so I uploaded all of my photos to icloud and deleted them from my camera roll. They are all still in my photo stream though; is that taking up room on my phone? And if I delete them from my photo stream, does that remove them from my iCloud albums as well?

    Hi kellyntherese,
    Welcome to the Support Communities!  Did you backup your iPhone to iCloud and or iTunes before deleting the pictures from your camera roll?  Photo Stream is not a storage location.  Do you have a Mac or a PC? 
    iTunes: About iOS backups
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
    iCloud: My Photo Stream FAQ
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
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    No. Photos in My Photo Stream are saved on the iCloud server for 30 days. To save or back up these photos, you must copy them from My Photo Stream to your Camera Roll on your iOS device. You can then back up your Camera Roll using iCloud or iTunes.
    Archive or make copies of your iCloud data
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4910
    My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing
    You might already have a copy of the photos in My Photo Stream:
    In OS X, My Photo Stream photos are automatically imported to your iPhoto or Aperture library, unless My Photo Stream and Automatic Import are turned off in iPhoto or Aperture preferences.
    In iPhoto, check your settings by going to iPhoto > Preferences > iCloud.
    In Aperture, check your settings by going to Apterture > Preferences > iCloud.
    In Windows, My Photo Stream photos are automatically imported when My Photo Stream is turned on in the iCloud Control Panel.
    iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
    In the future, you can import the pictures from your iPhone's camera roll directly to your computer, before deleting them from the device.
    iOS: Import personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083
    I hope this information helps ....
    - Judy

  • How can i delete pictures from iCloud?

    i need to delete some pictures from my icloud back up, but i can find a way to do it , can someone show me how to, with out erasing the whole back up?

    The Photostream is a really nice new feature with iCloud.  However, it isn't perfect.  My main issue with it is that there is no way to control what gets synced to your other devices.  For instance, every image that gets shot with or saved to your iPhone, goes right to the Photostream.  Once on the Photostream, it goes directly to my other devices.  Sometimes, I save a photo to my camera roll, or take a screen shot, and sometimes I shoot a really bad photo that is too dark or all blurry.  I usually delete these from my camera roll, but that has no effect on what gets sent to the Photostream.  Once an image hits the camera roll, it automatically goes to the Photostream.  This is an issue when I go to my other devices, such as my Macbook Pro and Aperture, where it automatically shows up on my Photostream there, and worse, if I have it set to automatically import, those (unwanted) images go right into Aperture.  Of course I can delete them there, but it all makes for extra work.  At the same time, I guess I don't have to keep the Photostream on, but that solves nothing and then doesn't give me access to my photos in the cloud.
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    I may be in the minority on that, and I do see positives to having everything go to the Photostream automatically in that sometimes you delete an image that you then want back, and this does give you an instant backup mechanism, even if only during the duration of the 1000 photo limit (which is more than enough to make a decision on individual photos).
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