Deleting photos from iPad without deleting from iCloud

"However as noted above, you can remove them from one or more devices."

How do you remove them from just one device? For instance, is there a way to delete large photo and video files from my iPad only, while keeping them on my iPhone and MacBook, without disconnecting the iPad from iCloud?

Bold Standard wrote:

"However as noted above, you can remove them from one or more devices."

How do you remove them from just one device? For instance, is there a way to delete large photo and video files from my iPad only, while keeping them on my iPhone and MacBook, without disconnecting the iPad from iCloud?

Not without turning off iCloud Photo Library. The only option to reduce the storage space required while leaving iCloud Photo Library turned on in a device is the Optimize Storage setting.

There isn't a way to do that without turning off iCloud Photo Library on the iPad. iCloud Photo Library is designed to sync all photos to all devices where it is turned on.

The following has information on turning off iCloud Photo Library if you decide to do that: Get help with your iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support

If you are asking whether Apple offers a cloud-only storage system for photos where the photos are stored in the cloud and not kept locally on any device, the answer is that is not a service that is currently offered. iCloud Photo Library is designed primarily as a method to sync photos among devices and it does not offer a cloud-only storage option. However as noted above, you can remove them from one or more devices.

yes, it seems this is the case! If you have Dropbox, you can use that to backup your photo albums. I understand Google Photos also works, though I'm not familiar with it. Or you can store them on your computer or an external drive.