【Delete All Photos from iCloud】Step by Step Guide ▷ 2022

When we do not want to take up space on our mobile and thus obtain greater performance from it, we have the possibility to configure the storage of images and videos and upload them directly to the cloud offered by Apple.

If we want to save the photos in iCloud, we can do it with simple steps. In addition, we have the advantage of being able to delete them directly from that tool and thus we can delete them on all devices connected to the iCloud account.

In this post we will show you how you should delete photos from your mobile device and also from your Mac. You will learn the steps to discover how much you have stored in iCloud and also how you can lower the GB.

If I delete photos from my iCloud, will they also be deleted from my iPhone or iPad?

Apple gives us the possibility of saving files in the cloud, called iCloud, if we do not want to fill up the storage of our iPhone (from 16 to 256 GB), iPad (whose storage limit is from 16 to 512 GB) or an iPod touch (which has a storage capacity of 128 GB).

The company offers this iCloud tool to store 5 GB just by associating our mobile device. If we need to expand this storage capacity we can acquire up to 50 GB for $1 per monthbeing able to expand up to 2 TB if necessary.

We can link iCloud to any mobile device we have from Apple, with the option of saving our photos directly in the cloud. If we had this option activated and we deleted a photo from iCloud they would be removed from all the devices we have associated with that iCloud account.

Now, if we had not activated the option and delete love album image file not video this file remains on the device for up to 30 days in the folder “Recently removed.” To activate the option to save our photos in iCloud, we will need to activate the tool “iCloud Photo Library”.

For which we are going to perform these steps:

• We’re going to “Settings”
• We select our name
• We choose the option “iCloud”
• We search to click “Photos”
• We activate the option “iCloud Photo Library”

If we select “Optimize iPhone Storage”, what we are doing is choosing that the small images are saved on the device and the higher resolution weights are saved in iCloud. This is a recommendation to keep in mind to maintain the 5 GB limit of iCloud.

Steps to delete all pictures stored in my iCloud account

When we make backups through and Cloud what we are doing is also saving all the configurations and other data that exist on our different mobile devices.

For example, we are going to save the preferred information, voice notes, iMessages, calendars, contacts and of course the photos, which is the topic that interests us.

There are different ways to remove pictures and any media files from iCloud account. For this we are going to show you all the steps you have to do for a mobile device and also to do it from our Mac.

Here’s how to do it:

From the phone

The first thing we have to do is know how full our iCloud is.

To check the storage that we have occupied in iCloud we will carry out these steps:

• We look for the “Settings” option
• We select our name
• Click on the “iCloud” option
• we select “iCloud Storage”in some versions it appears as “Manage Storage”

Once we know the GB that we are occupying, we will have to delete them, for this we will detail the guide that you must follow to be able to delete photos in iCloud from our mobile device:

• We go to the application “Photos”
• Select at the bottom of the screen to go see the images
• We click on “Select”
• Next, we choose the videos or photos that we want to discard
• We click on the trash can
• we select “Delete Photos”

From the computer

As in the case of a mobile device for our Mac, we can also analyze the storage that iCloud has.

To do this, we have to go to our Mac and we will do these steps:

• we choose “Manzana”
• We look for the option “System preferences”
• We click on “iCloud”
• Later we choose the option “Manage”

When we already know the percentage of iCloud occupancy, we can delete the images or videos, carrying out this guide on our computer:

• We open the app “Photos”
• We select the photos we want to delete
• We click on “Delete Photos”

If we are in a browser we can enter iCloud if we follow these steps:

• we select “Photos”
• We choose the “Photos to delete”
• We click on the trash can icon
• we select “Remove”