How to Delete a Single Photo From My Photo Stream
The Apple My Photo Stream automatically uploads photos to all your connected devices and stores them there for 30 days. But what happens if you take a picture that you don’t want to spread to your iPhone or iPad? You can delete an image from the Photo Stream, and unlike iCloud Photo Library, you can remove it from the stream without deleting it from your device.
How to Delete Multiple Photos at the Same Time
To delete several images at one time: To remove the image completely from the device, delete it from the Camera Roll album. This removes it from the Camera Roll and from every folder the photo is stored in, including My Photo Stream. Photos you delete from Camera Roll move to the Recently Deleted album for 30 days. So, if it is the type of image you would like to remove permanently, delete it from the Recently Deleted album. The process for deleting photos from the Camera Roll and Recently Deleted is the same as removing them from My Photo Stream.
How to Turn On My Photo Stream
If you don’t see My Photo Stream in your Photo app, you need to turn it on. It isn’t active by default in iOS, so go into Settings to get it working.
What’s the Difference Between My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Library?
My Photo Stream transfers every photo you take (including screenshots) to every device on your Apple ID account that has My Photo Stream turned on. This is the actual photo, not a thumbnail. Once it goes to your other devices, you don’t need an internet connection to view it. iCloud Photo Library uploads photos to a centralized server (iCloud) and allows your devices to download them from the cloud. The images download as thumbnail versions until you tap one to view, which saves some space on the device. You can also view iCloud Photo Library photos from a PC, Mac, or any web-enabled device that can connect to icloud.com. To turn on iCloud Photo Library in the iPad settings, go to iCloud and choose Photos.
Is There Any Other Way to Easily Share Photos?
If you would rather choose specific photos to share rather than uploading every picture you take on your device, iCloud Photo Sharing is the way to go. Use this feature to create a shared album and send invitations to friends and family. You can even choose to allow them to participate by sharing their photos. To send a photo to your shared album, navigate to the photograph in the Photos app, tap the Share button, then choose iCloud Photo Sharing from the list of destinations.
