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Today, in this article we will discuss about how to Disable My Photo Stream on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Apple gives people several ways to share or store photos in the cloud. This is, of course, a good way to keep copies of your media somewhere other than your computer. But what happens to your pictures if you accidentally turn off or disable one of these features? The short answer is probably not, but there are a few things to think about.
Photo stream is a small function that is very useful and goes a long way. If you have more than one iDevice, photo streams can make it easy to move pictures between them. If you want to share pictures with a friend in a private way, you can do that with photo stream as well. If you no longer want to use Photo Stream, you can turn it off without losing any of your photos by following the steps below. If you want to know more information about this Visit Official Apple Support site.
How to Disable My Photo Stream on iPhone, iPad
- Access Settings.
- Open Photos & Camera.
- Click the switch beside My Photo Stream to turn it off, and choose Delete in the pop-up menu.
How to Disable My Photo Stream on Mac
- Go to “Apple” icon located at the top left corner on Mac.
- Select “System Preferences” option.
- Click “iCloud” from the system Preferences window.
- Select the checkbox for Photos (or Photo Stream).
- Click the “Options” button and make sure that My Photo Stream is selected.
- Open the iPhoto app and make sure that My Photo Stream is turned OFF.
FAQs
Photos that you uploaded from My Photo Stream to the “All Photos” album and the “Photos” tab will also be deleted. Your other devices won’t be affected by the pictures in My Photo Stream. After you send them to My Photo Stream, they will stay on the iCloud server for 30 days.
When you delete pictures from My Photo Stream, you won’t get rid of the following kinds of photos: Photos that you added to your iOS device’s Library tab or Recents Album. You brought photos into the Photos app. Photos that you copied to a place on your PC but aren’t in My Photo Stream.
Remember that if you turn off Shared Albums, all shared pictures will be erased from your iPhone. You’ll lose both the albums you made and shared with other people and the albums other people gave you.
The easiest way to explain the difference between your Camera Roll and Photo Stream is that your Camera Roll has all the pictures you’ve taken with your iPhone, while My Photo Stream only syncs the most recent ones so you can view them on other devices.
Only iCloud Photos lets you view all of your photos and videos from all of your devices. In most cases, iCloud Photos is better than My Photo Stream. For now, though, you can only use My Photo Stream on your iPad and both services on your iPhone.