How to remove the synchronization between iPhone and iPad

Would you like to prevent photos taken with your iPhone from being automatically saved on iPad too but you don’t know how to prevent it? Have you tried to turn off syncing of messages, notes, contacts and other data between iPhone and iPad but haven’t found the right option to do so? If the answer to at least one of these questions is yes, don’t worry: you’ve come to the right place at the right time!

With today’s guide, in fact, I will show you how to remove the synchronization between iPhone and iPad, providing you with all the information you need to succeed in your intent. In addition to the walkthrough for disabling the syncing of photos, messages, calendars, and Safari-related data, you’ll also find instructions for preventing apps downloaded on one device from automatically downloading on the other.

If that’s what you wanted to know, let’s not go any further and see how to proceed. All you have to do is set aside five minutes of free time to devote to reading the next paragraphs and carefully follow the directions I am about to give you. By doing so, I assure you that you will be able to delete the synchronization between iPhone and iPad without experiencing any kind of problem. Enjoy the reading!

Index

• Preliminary information
• How to un-sync Photos between iPhone and iPad
• How to remove Safari sync between iPhone and iPad
• How to un-sync Messages between iPhone and iPad
• How to remove Calendar sync between iPhone and iPad
• How to remove app sync between iPhone and iPad
• How to delete sync between iPhone and iPad

Preliminary information

Before getting to the heart of this tutorial and explaining how to get out of sync between iPhone and iPad , let me give you some preliminary information in this regard.

First of all, you must know that the synchronization between two or more devices associated with the same Apple ID takes place via iCloud , the Apple service that allows you to securely store your photos, files, notes, passwords and many other app data. and the operating system in the cloud, automatically synchronizing them on all devices on which the service in question is active.

This means that to disable synchronization between iPhone and iPad, simply disable iCloud – for individual data or completely – on one or both devices. Keep in mind, however, that by doing so you will not only lose synchronization between iPhone and iPad but also that between iPhone / iPad and all other devices associated with your Apple ID.

To understand better, let’s take a practical example. If you have decided to activate iCloud on iPhone , have enabled synchronization of your photos and it is also active on iPad and Mac, the photos you take from iPhone will also be automatically available on iPad and Mac (and vice versa). If, however, you decide to stop the synchronization between iPhone and iPad, by deactivating iCloud on your “iPhone by” the photos will no longer be synchronized on iPad but not even on Mac.

Therefore, if, in addition to your iPhone and iPad, you have other devices associated with your Apple ID, before deactivating iCloud, evaluate well on which Apple devices you actually want to disable this feature and on which to keep it active. Regardless of your choice, keep in mind that you can re-enable syncing at any time. Having clarified this, let’s see how to proceed.

How to un-sync Photos between iPhone and iPad

To remove the Photo synchronization between iPhone and iPad , take your “iPhone by”, press the gear wheel icon to access the iOS Settings and tap on your photo displayed at the top.

On the Apple ID screen , press on the iCloud item , select the Photos option and move the lever next to the iCloud Photos item from ON to OFF , in order to stop synchronizing photos between iPhone and iPad.

If, on the other hand, you prefer to proceed from the iPad in order to leave the synchronization of photos active between the iPhone and other devices associated with your Apple ID, even in this case all you have to do is access the iPadOS Settings , press on your photo , at the top on the left, select the iCloud and Photos options and move the lever next to iCloud Photos from ON to OFF . To learn more, you can check out my guide on how iCloud Photos works .

How to remove Safari sync between iPhone and iPad

If your intention is to remove the Safari synchronization between iPhone and iPad , even in this case you just need to access the settings of your device and disable the synchronization of Safari-related data via iCloud.

Before explaining how to do it, however, keep in mind that by leaving the synchronization active you can not only keep the same bookmarks and synchronize the Safari history on both devices, but you can also take advantage of the iCloud Panels function , which allows you to see the panels open in Safari on a specific device and thus continue browsing from another device, picking up where you left off.

That said, if you still intend to turn off syncing, grab your iPhone and access the iOS Settings by pressing the gear wheel icon . Now, tap on your photo , select the iCloud option and, in the new screen displayed, move the lever relating to the Safari item from ON to OFF . If you have previously synchronized iCloud Safari data on iPhone, click on the option of your interest between Keep on iPhone and Delete from iPhone .

As I indicated in the opening lines of this guide, if you have other devices associated with your Apple ID, your iPhone’s Safari data will not automatically sync to any other device. If you want to keep the synchronization between iPhone and other devices (e.g. a Mac) active but not with your iPad, you will have to deactivate it only from the latter.

To proceed, take your iPad, access the iPadOS Settings , tap on your photo and access the iCloud section . Then locate the Safari item , move the relative lever from ON to OFF and, if necessary, select the option you prefer between Keep on iPad and Delete from iPad , to keep or not the Safari data previously synchronized by iCloud.

How to un-sync Messages between iPhone and iPad

To remove the Messages synchronization between iPhone and iPad and, consequently, disable the ability to automatically view all the conversations available in the app in question from both devices, simply access the iCloud section of one of the two devices and disable the option related to messages.

To proceed, then take your iPhone / iPad, icon awards of the gear wheel to access the settings of iOS / iPadOS and you tap on your photo .

In the new screen that appears, select the iCloud option , locate the Messages item , move the relative lever from ON to OFF and confirm your intention by pressing the option Disable and download messages .

How to remove Calendar sync between iPhone and iPad

Syncing the Calendar app between iPhone and iPad allows you to share your calendars between the two devices. This means that you can add, edit and delete events from a single device and have everything automatically updated on the other device as well.

If you have decided to remove the Calendar synchronization between iPhone and iPad by proceeding from your “iPhone by”, access the iOS Settings by pressing the gear wheel icon , press on your photo displayed at the top and tap on the iCloud item .

Once this is done, locate the Calendars option , move the relative lever from ON to OFF and, if you have previously synchronized the iCloud Calendar data on the iPhone, choose whether to keep these data ( Keep on iPhone ) or delete them ( Delete from iPhone ) .

If, on the other hand, you prefer to proceed from iPad in order to leave active the synchronization of calendars between iPhone and other devices associated with your Apple ID, all you have to do is access the iPadOS Settings , press on your photo , at the top left, select the iCloud option and move the lever relating to the Calendars item from ON to OFF . Simple, right?

How to remove app sync between iPhone and iPad

If you are wondering if it is possible to remove app synchronization between iPhone and iPad , that is to avoid that applications downloaded on iPhone are automatically installed on iPad as well (and vice versa), you will be happy to know that the answer is yes.

To proceed, then take your iPhone or iPad, simply tap the icon of the gear wheel to access the settings of iOS / iPadOS and press on the item App Store . Now, in the Automatic Downloads section , move the lever for the App option from ON to OFF and you’re done.

How do you say? With ” remove app synchronization between iPhone and iPad ” do you mean to disable the data synchronization of individual applications? If so, you can go to the iCloud section of your device and choose which apps to turn off syncing for.

To do so, both the iPhone and iPad, icon awards of the gear wheel in order to access the settings of iOS / iPadOS and you tap on your photo . Then press on the iCloud item and, in the new screen displayed, locate the app of your interest (eg Notes , Reminders , Contacts , Health , Home , WhatsApp , Telegram , Google Drive etc.). Then move the relative lever from ON to OFF and, if necessary for the selected app, press the Deactivate item.

If, on the other hand, you want to prevent the passwords you saved in the iPhone / iPad Keychain from being synchronized , tap the Keychain item and, in the new screen displayed, move the lever next to the iCloud Keychain option from ON to OFF .

How to delete sync between iPhone and iPad

To delete synchronization between iPhone and iPad , i.e. disable this option for all applications that use it, you need to access the iCloud section and manually disable synchronization for all apps. Alternatively, you can log out of your Apple ID: in this case, however, you will not be able to download new apps or use the services that require an Apple account.

In the first case, take your iPhone / iPad, access the iOS / iPadOS Settings by pressing the gear wheel icon and tap on your photo . Then press on the iCloud item and, in the new screen displayed, move the lever relating to all the available applications from OFF to ON , in order to completely disable the synchronization between iPhone and iPad.

If, on the other hand, you have decided to log out of your Apple ID, after pressing on your photo , scroll the screen down, tap on the Exit item , enter the password associated with your account in the appropriate field and press the Deactivate option . In that regard, my guide on how to sign out of iCloud might be useful .

I remind you once again that by doing so you not only disable the synchronization between the two devices in question but also between iPhone / iPad and other devices associated with your Apple ID. If you have second thoughts, you can retrace your steps at any time: in that case, you can take a look at my guide on how to sync iPad with iPhone .