Google photos

[Maxvax]

I'm trying to free up space in Google photos by deleting backed up photos/videos. However, when I do this, it also deletes them from the device storage. Is there a way to delete photos in the cloud but keep locally?

[Pugs1957]

It's a bit of a problem because of Google backup and sync where whatever you remove from the cloud gets deleted from the phone and vice versa. There are ways to get around this here https://www.imobie.com/phone-tips/delete-google-photos-without-deleting-from-phone.htm