Google photos backup is annoying and unneeded

Ddale53 wrote:

I’ve run out of Google storage space for photos and email. To get storage back, I want to delete the photos that are safely stored on iCloud but have no business being on Google photos as well. This is redundant. Trouble is, deleting a photo from Google also deletes it from iCloud! I’ve turned off backup in Google but it does nothing to stop the double-deletion problem.

I can spend a few dollars a month for more storage on Google, but it’s so unnecessary. I can also delete a bunch of old emails, but that’s not my concern with this post.

So is there a way to simply remove duplicates from Google photos without also losing them from where they first originated—iPhotos stored in my ipad (in most cases)?

Ask google support

Did you already turn off "Photos" in the mobile device's (iOS or iPadOS) Google Photos settings? Then it should be disconnected from Photos.app workflow but then you'd have to figure out the duplicates anyway.