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How to stop photos from syncing to desktop

My photos are happily in the cloud and on my iphone. I don't want to sync them to my PC. How do I stop this sync?

Windows, Windows 6

Posted on Jan 30, 2020 2:18 PM

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FoxFifth

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Posted on Feb 4, 2020 1:50 PM

That's correct and would also be true even if you hadn't turned off iCloud Photos on your PC. Syncing to and from a PC is not like it is with Apple devices. See the following from Get help with iCloud Photos on your Windows PC - Apple Support

When you delete photos and videos from your Apple device or on iCloud.com, they won't delete from your PC. And when you delete a photo or video on your PC, they won't delete in iCloud Photos.

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