How to Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone

• User Case
• Can I Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone?
• How to Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone
• Bonus Tip: How to Move Google Photos to iCloud Photos without App
• Conclusion

User Case

 

Can I Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone?

If you enable the Backup function on the Google Photos app and let it access all photos on your iPhone, deleting photos from Google Photos also deletes them on your iPhone. However, if you disable the Backup function, you can delete Google Photos without deleting from phone.

Google Photos offers a powerful backup feature that automatically saves your photos and videos to the cloud. Once enabled Backup, Google Photos will automatically backup the photos and videos from your device (phone, tablet, or computer) to your Google account. Besides, when the backup is on, any photos or videos you take will be available on all devices where Google Photos is installed and signed in with the same Google account.

If you want to stop backing up iPhone photos to Google Photos because the photos take over too much storage on Google Photos, you can choose to backup photos in high quality instead of original quality.

How to Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone

In this part, you can get to know 2 ways to delete photos from Google Photos but not iPhone. One is by disabling the Backup feature on the Google Photos app and another is by blocking Google Photos from accessing your photos in Settings.

Way 1. Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone in Google Photos

Step 1. Open the Google Photos app on your iPhone.

Step 2. Click on your profile photo and select Google Photos settings in the menu.

Step 3. Choose Backup in the Settings page and switch off the button beside Backup.

Step 4. Go to https://photos.google.com and select the photos you want to delete. Then, click the rubbish bin icon to move them to Trash.

Step 5. Open the Trash folder and choose Empty trash to permanently delete these photos.

Way 2. Delete Google Photos without Deleting from iPhone in Settings

Step 1. Open Settings on your iPhone.

Step 2. Scroll download the screen and choose Apps.

Step 3. Find Google Photos in the app list and open it.

Step 4. Select Photos and change the permission to None.

Step 5. Go to https://photos.google.com and permanently delete the photos from Google Photos.

Bonus Tip: How to Move Google Photos to iCloud Photos without App

If you use the Google Photos web and want to move some photos from Google Photos to iCloud without an app, MultCloud can do you a favor. MultCloud is a web-based cloud file transfer service and supports multiple cloud storage services, including Google Photos, iCloud Photos, Flickr, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, MEGA, pCloud, and so on.

Unlike the traditional download and re-uploading way, MultCloud can automate the transfer process and you only need to choose the source and destination. Besides, if you would like to schedule the transfer task as a daily/weekly/monthly routine, MultCloud can also meet this requirement with the Schedule feature.

Step 1. Go to the MultCloud website on any web browser and sign up for an account.

Step 2. Add Google Photos by clicking Add Cloud and the Google Photos logo. Then, log in to your Google Photos account in the pop-up window. Also, repeat the operations to add iCloud Photos.

Step 3. Select the Cloud Transfer function and choose Google Photos as the source and iCloud Photos as the target.

Step 4. Open Options to check the transfer settings and schedule the task at your preferred time (optional). Then, tap Transfer Now to start this task.

Conclusion

This post provides you with 2 ways to delete Google Photos without deleting from iPhone. You can choose to disable the Backup feature on Google Drive or block Google Photos from accessing your iPhone photos to reach your goal.

Besides, if you want to directly move photos from Google Photos to iCloud Photos, you can consider using MultCloud to automate the transfer task. Apart from the Cloud Transfer function mentioned before, MultCloud has more functions like Cloud Sync, Cloud Backup, Team Transfer, Email Migration, Image Saver, Remote Upload, and Share.