User Guide

Chapter 11 Photos 83
Delete a photo or video from Photos. Tap the Photos tab, tap the photo or video, tap , then
tap Delete Photo or Delete Video. Deleted photos and videos are kept in the Recently Deleted
album on iPhone, with a badge showing the remaining days until the item is permanently
removed from iPhone. To delete the photo or video permanently before the days expire, tap the
item, tap Delete, then tap Delete Photo or Delete Video. If you use iCloud Photo Library beta,
deleted photos and videos are permanently removed from all iOS 8.1 devices that use iCloud
Photo Library beta with the same Apple ID.
Recover a deleted photo or video. In the Recently Deleted album, tap the photo or video, tap
Recover, then tap Recover Photo or Recover Video to move the item to the Camera Roll or, if you
use iCloud Photo Library beta, the All Photos album.
My Photo Stream
My Photo Stream, turned on by default, automatically uploads new photos and videos to your
other devices that use My Photo Stream.
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Note: Photos stored in iCloud count against your total iCloud storage, but photos uploaded to
My Photo Stream don’t count additionally against your iCloud storage.
Use My Photo Stream without iCloud Photo Library beta. Photos and videos you take with
iPhone are added to the My Photo Stream album when you leave the Camera app and iPhone is
connected to Wi-Fi. Any photos you add—including screenshots and photos saved from email,
for example—also appear in your My Photo Stream album.
Photos and videos added to My Photo Stream on your other devices appear in your My Photo
Stream album on iPhone. iOS devices can keep up to 1000 of your most recent photos in iCloud
for 30 days; you can choose to automatically import these photos to your computer, if you want
to keep them permanently.
Manage My Photo Stream contents. In the My Photo Stream album, tap Select.
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Save your best shots on iPhone: Select the photos, then tap Add To.
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Share, print, or copy: Select the photos, then tap .
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Delete photos: Select the photos, then tap .
Note: Although deleted photos are removed from My Photo Stream on all your devices,
the original photos remain in Photos on the device on which they were originally taken.
Photos that you save to another album on a device or computer are also not deleted. See
support.apple.com/kb/HT4486.
Use My Photo Stream with iCloud Photo Library beta. If you use iCloud Photo Library beta on
iPhone, you can use My Photo Stream to upload recent photos and videos and view them on
other devices that do not have iCloud Photo Library beta enabled.
iCloud Photo Library beta
iCloud Photo Library beta gives you access to your photos and videos on any supported iOS 8.1
device and on iCloud.com with the same Apple ID. You can make changes to photos and videos
in the Photos app, preserve both the original and edited versions, and see the changes updated
across your devices (see Edit photos and trim videos on page 86). Store as many photos and
videos as your iCloud storage plan allows. If you turn on iCloud Photo Library beta, you can’t use
iTunes to sync photos and videos to iPhone.