Prevent photos from old iPhone syncing to new iPhone

hii!

I currently have two iPhones. The old one fell and doesn’t really work properly anymore, so I’m using the new one at the moment. Both phones are using the same Apple ID.


The problem is that the photos from my old iPhone are syncing to my new iPhone, but I don’t want my new phone to be filled with content that are already on the old one.


In short, I would like the photos from the old iPhone to stay on the old device and not sync to the gallery of my new iPhone.



How can I disable this synchronization, please?


Thankss

Posted on Dec 13, 2025 12:58 PM

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Dec 13, 2025 1:15 PM in response to fifi016

fifi016 wrote:

hii!
I currently have two iPhones. The old one fell and doesn’t really work properly anymore, so I’m using the new one at the moment. Both phones are using the same Apple ID.

The problem is that the photos from my old iPhone are syncing to my new iPhone, but I don’t want my new phone to be filled with content that are already on the old one.

In short, I would like the photos from the old iPhone to stay on the old device and not sync to the gallery of my new iPhone.


How can I disable this synchronization, please?

Thankss

Disable icloud photo sync on your new phone.

Prevent photos from old iPhone syncing to new iPhone

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