Break the link between Google Photos and ICloud Photos

I helped my mom migrate her google photos library into iCloud as she was out of google storage. I have synced her iPhone and iCloud libraries. But when I go back into her google photos to delete the pictures, it deletes them in iCloud/on her phone too. How can I delete them on google and keep them in iCloud?

iPhone 15 Plus, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 11, 2024 12:03 PM

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1 reply

s3639

Level 1

14 points

Oct 19, 2024 4:34 PM in response to SECchamp01

Delete the Google Photos app from her iPhone and then delete the photos using the Google Photos website photos.google.com instead

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