Option 1: Launch Google Photos on your phone and select a photo for removal.
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Removing all photos only from your device and not Google Photos will allow you to free up room on your phone while still keeping all of your photos safe and sound. You can do this by album or for your entire camera roll.
Once everything is selected, tap the trash can icon located in the top right-hand corner. Tap Photos in the lower left-hand corner if it’s not showing your pictures. Open the Google Photos App on your mobile device. To remove images and videos, try these steps: Otherwise, your photos will still be available in Google Photos for a short time before being permanently removed.ĭeleting photos from the mobile app takes a little more time. Once this is done, head to your ‘Trash’ folder and clear it out. Head to the upper right-hand corner and click the three vertical dots. Hold the Shift key and click on the last photo. Scroll all the way down (users have reported you can highlight 500 photos at one time). Hover over the first picture until you see a white checkmark. Tap Albums located on the left-hand side. Removing your photos from Google Photos is simple on a web browser. 
This will make it so that your photos taken with your mobile device will no longer sync back to Google Photos.
You should also turn off the “Back up and sync” feature in Google Photos on your mobile device. Remember that Google Photos is likely synced up to your mobile device, so any photos deleted in Google Photos will also be deleted from your device.
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