I cloud deleted my photos .
I deleted photos off of my phone and they’re not on my iCloud . What’s the point of I cloud if you can’t delete what you want off of your phone without deleting it from icloud?
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 15
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iCloud Photos is a syncing service. Any photo you delete from a device where iCloud Photos is turned on will also be deleted from iCloud and from any other device connected to iCloud Photos. You can potentially reduce the storage space required on a device by turning on Optimize Storage. See: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204264
Apple does not currently offer cloud-only storage for photos. If that is what you want or need, you may want to explore 3rd party options such as Google Photos or Dropbox.
If you want to turn off iCloud Photos on a device, see the information in: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204570