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Question: Can I delete Google Photos if iPhone Photo access is off??????
GOOGLE PHOTOS *****!! That said, has anyone deleted the app while access to the iPhone Photos for Google Photos is off? I want this parasite app out of my life and off my phone. Google wants to charge for their storage, but won't let me delete the photos without deleting them form my iCloud!!
Posted on Feb 15, 2022 5:29 PM
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Question: Can I delete Google Photos if iPhone Photo access is off??????
Warning: The Google Photos App on mobile devices uploads a copy of your device photos into Google Photos cloud storage. If one is edited or deleted in Google Photos, the same may happen to the other copy.
Tip: Before deleting photos from Google Photos, you may first want to download your photos to your computer, or at least save them elsewhere in a safe place (not synced). Directions for downloading methods) are here.
Delete in Google Photos (web app)
Warning: when you delete items while you have back up & sync turned on on mobile devices, those items may be removed from every device that syncs to your Google Photos library.
There is no easy way to delete many photos: you will have to select them in batches of max 500 and delete.
Select multiple photos. See here.
Click the Delete icon (trash can)
or in an album: click 3-dots > Move to bin (only available in the web app)Confirm
Delete from Google Photos but not from mobile device
When you delete a photo from //photos.google.com it will also be deleted from all synced devices. In practice that are only mobile devices (phones and tablets) since syncing with computers has been disabled.
When you delete a photo in the Google Photos app on mobile devices it may also be deleted from the device (if present). There is no official way of deleting photos from Google Photos without deleting them from your mobile device. There are however ways to avoid this:
Disable Backup and sync on the device before you delete from //photos.google.com. If you have Google Photos installed on multiple devices (e.g., a phone and a tablet), turn off "Back up & sync" everywhere.The image gets deleted from Google Photos and other synced devices (if any), but stays on your phone, since Sync is disabled. Also after enabling Backup and sync again, the photo stays on the device and will be shown in the Gallery and File managers, but also in the Google Photos app, since the Google Photos app also acts like a Gallery and shows the device copy.
On Android: when you turn Backup and sync ON again, the photos will not upload again, but they may under some circumstances, for example after "Use without account" or "Clear data".
On iOS you should not turn Backup and sync ON again to avoid reloading.
See //support.google.com/photos/thread/151559675 (for iOS only)
Move the photo to a non-synced folder before you delete from //photos.google.com. Do not create the folder under DCIM, because these are always included in Backup and sync. The photo will still be visible in the Gallery and File Managers, but not in the Photos section of the Google Photos app. On Android the photo will still be visible in the "Photos on device" section in the "Library".
Deny access to the storage in the phone settings > Apps > Google Photos. The permission may be under "Storage" or "Permissions". You have to try this for photos in different folders before you start deleting.
Links:
//www.guidingtech.com/delete-photos-google-photos/
//www.guidingtech.com/delete-photos-google-photos-but-not-icloud/
//www.technobezz.com/how-to-delete-photos-from-google-photos-but-not-your-smartphone/
Delete device copy but keep backup
Delete from Gallery or another File manager
The cloud copy will not be deleted, but you must be sure that there is one: view your photos on a computer or web browser at //photos.google.com/ and sign in with the same Google account you use on your phone - you will see all of your backed up pictures there.
Delete in the Google Photos app
Do not delete straightforward from within Google Photos: that will also delete the cloud copy.
It is safe to delete the device copy from your phone by following methods: device photos will only be deleted when there is a backup. See also
Three ways to Delete Photos with Google Photos
Delete selected photos
You can select photos in the Photos tab, but on Android also in Library > Device folders.
Tap 3-dots > Delete device copy. You get a warning when some selected photos are not backed up.Delete all photos that have been backed up
Open the Google Photos app on your mobile device
At the top right, tap your profile photo or initial
Select Free up space. The result will be that all device photos that have been backed up will be deleted from the device but remain in Google Photos.
Note that any folder structure on the phone gets lost, and when you uploaded using "High Quality" (now called "Storage saver"), the original will be lost.
It's recommended to read also: Google Photos "Free Up Space" command is scary
and //www.guidingtech.com/what-happens-when-you-free-up-space-google-photos-faqs/
Deleted items stay in your trash bin for 60 days and then are permanently deleted. There is no way to recover them once they are permanently deleted.
To recover items from trash before 60 days have passed since deletion:
Click "Trash" in the main menu (left in web app - under "Library" on mobile devices)
Find the items to restore
Select items
Click the restore icon in the top right corner