
You can also disable the related Upload to My Photo Stream feature if it's available, but this doesn't count against your iCloud storage, so it's not essential. Toggle off the slider next to iCloud Photos. Open Settings and select your Apple ID profile at the top of the list. You should back up your iPhone (locally to a computer if you don't have enough iCloud space) before doing this, to avoid losing any photos in the process. This will prevent your photos from syncing and taking up more space, hopefully clearing out the problem. While this is convenient and a good way to protect your photos, it can also lead to your photos taking up too much space in iCloud.Īs a temporary adjustment to fix the issue of Photos taking up phantom space, you can thus disable iCloud Photos for a time.

ICloud Photos allows you to upload your iPhone's pictures to iCloud automatically. Disable iCloud Sync (After Completing a Backup)
