iCloud Photos App Question

[swandy]

I was told by an Apple Tech that the only way to permanently delete a photo/video file from your iCloud Photo Library (as opposed to just deleting it from your devices) was to use the Photos app at iCloud.com.

I am in the process of merging my original iCloud Photo Library with one that is much bigger and unfortunately there are some duplicates that I will have to get rid of. I wanted to see the information pane (to check the file dates, size of the file, etc.) but don't see anyway to access that information using the app at iCloud.com. Am I missing something or isn't that available in the cloud version of the Photos app? Thanks.

 

[Brookzy]

You can permanently delete from any device. Delete as normal and then delete from Recently Deleted.

Also regarding duplicates... iCloud is quite clever. If they are relatively recent photos with EXIF data, iCloud should be able to detect the duplicates and remove them itself after a few hours of merging your libraries.