Solved | Backup Photos to iCloud and Delete from iPhone

Content at a glance:

• Backup Photos to iCloud and Delete from Phone
• Part 1. Back up Photos to iCloud And Delete from Phone via iCloud Backup
• Part 2. Backup Photos to iCloud And Delete from Phone via iCloud Photos
• Migrate iCloud Photos to Google Drive for Data Security
• The End

Backup Photos to iCloud and Delete from Phone

iCloud is currently the best choice for you to back up photos, videos, and other files on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. You have to free up space when your iPhone storage is full, so how to backup photos to iCloud and delete from iPhone? That depends on your situation.

Therefore, we will describe the details of the two situations on how to backup photos on iCloud and delete from phone separately.

Part 1. Back up Photos to iCloud And Delete from Phone via iCloud Backup

If you have not enabled iCloud Photos before, you can try iCloud Backup to backup your photos, or you can go to the next part to backup photos to iCloud and delete from phone.

Here are the instructions on how to backup photos to iCloud on iPhone via iCloud Backup:

Step 1. Enable iCloud Backup to Backup Photos

1. Please go to iPhone Settings.

2. Then tap your Apple name > iCloud > turn on iCloud Backup.

Step 2. Delete Photos from your iPhone

Now, you can delete photos from your iPhone once the backup is finished to free up iPhone storage space. Here it is:

1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.

2. Select Library > All Photos, and select the photos and videos you want to delete, tap the Trash button.

3. Hit Delete Photo to confirm.

However, if you want to import photos from iCloud Backup, you have to erase all content and settings from your iPhone to restore from iCloud Backup, which is not a good option.

Part 2. Backup Photos to iCloud And Delete from Phone via iCloud Photos

To backup photos to iCloud and delete from phone via iCloud Photos, you can follow the steps listed below to make it:

Step 1. Enable iCloud Photos to Sync Photos to iCloud

1. Please go to iPhone Settings > Your Apple name > iCloud > Photos.

2. Turn on iCloud Photos or Sync this iPhone.

3. Choose Optimize iPhone Storage and wait for the process to complete.

Once you enabled iCloud Photos, all the photos and videos will be uploaded to iCloud automatically.

Step 2. Delete Photos from iPhone But Not iCloud

After all photos are backed up to iCloud with iCloud Photos, you can disable iCloud Photos to delete Photos from iPhone.

1. Now go to iPhone Settings > Your Apple Name > iCloud > Photos.

2. Turn off iCloud Photos.

3. A window will pop up to ask you how to deal with your photos, choose Remove from iPhone.

Now, all your photos have been backed up to iCloud and deleted from iPhone. But you have to know that the deletion will be synced to iCloud after you enable iCloud Photos in the future. So, it's strongly recommended to migrate iCloud Photos to other clouds or try the cloud app of other clouds to upload photos to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. directly.

Migrate iCloud Photos to Google Drive for Data Security

To prevent all your photos from being deleted on iCloud.com once you enabled iCloud Photos by accident, it's better to migrate iCloud Photos to Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or other mainstream clouds directly. Once the migration is finished, you can get photos easily from Google Drive on different devices, and you can move these photos back to your iCloud account, as well as all your Apple devices.

Migrating iCloud Photos to Google Drive is a piece of cake for the powerful web-based multi-cloud manager - MultCloud, why?

Here are the simple steps for syncing iCloud Photos to Google Drive with MultCloud:

1. Please apply for a free MultCloud account and sign in.

2. Choose Add Cloud on the left control panel. Add iCloud Photos and Google Drive correspondingly.

3. Hit Cloud Sync, and click FROM to choose iCloud Photos, hit the TO section to choose Google Drive if you confirm it’s a normal sync.

4. Hit the Sync Now button to transfer iCloud Photos to Google Drive.

Moreover, you can try Cloud Transfer to migrate iCloud Photos to OneDrive or other clouds as well. Assuming you have multiple clouds currently for different purposes, you have to log in and log out to manage all cloud drives generally. With MultCloud, you can manage all clouds in one place without logging in and logging out frequently, so why not try it now?

The End

Can you backup photos to iCloud and delete from iPhone? Of course, you can backup and remove photos from iPhone via iCloud Backup or iCloud Photos, just follow the step-by-step guide to backup photos to iCloud and delete from phone.

If you need to keep all photos safe, it’s highly recommended to try MultCloud to migrate iCloud Photos to other clouds directly so that you can access photos anytime on any device. Besides, you can transfer Google Photos to iCloud if you have upgraded to iCloud+ for more space. Enjoy the web app or the extension.