Disable And Delete Icloud Photo Library

[smurfchops]

Icloud is telling me I have only 25% storage left. I want to disable and delete my photo library with icloud without losing all my photos on my ipad mini. I dont want them all deleted in 30 days. I am trying to disable and delete lots of things and I am not technical, and I have backed up all my photos thru my laptop to a mem stick, but I want to keep them on the iPad. Is this psossible... Can I survive eithout icloud?? I use the internet, emails and photos mainly, no games or apps are important to keep. Thanks all.

[woofgang]

how much memory have you got on your ipad?

[smurfchops]

I have 1.2 GB left woofgang. I have switched off most things on icloud, except contacts, but I still have the same amount of GB as before I switched it all off... what do I need to keep switched on in icloud, and what can I safely switch off, without losing anything? As mentioned, my photos, emails, internet, contacts obviously are most important to keep....

[woofgang]

so how much total memory have you got on your IPAD?

[smurfchops]

1.2 GB Available in icloud. . In settings I have capacity 12.6GB and available 2GB... Does that help woof??

[woofgang]

ok...the thing is by default, your ipad might not have your actual pictures on it but only thumbnails so it looks like your actual pictures are on it but actually they are only stored in the cloud...so if you closed down your cloud storage, you would lose your pics....so you need to check what your settings are...are your actual pics on your ipad or not?

[smurfchops]

Hi woof .. Sorry I am having problem with network .. Keeps crashing where I am. But thats another story ... All my photos are in the Photos file, I have also saved some to separate albums. And I want to keep them on my ipad as mentioned and do without icloud altogether ..

[smurfchops]

If I save my photos and videos to Google Photos will that give me more icloud space??