Saving photos from iPhone off my device

[bellinisurge]

Any ideas on how I move photos off my iPhone and store them elsewhere. I have tried Google Photos and OneDrive but every time I move a test selection, and delete it from my iPhone, it also seems to delete from Google Photos and OneDrive. Am I missing something obvious?

I'm pretty thick with such things myself, but one drive and google photos are (I believe ) cloud based storage like iCloud. So you are not storing them as separate photos from your phone but simply keeping them there, and when you open them on your phone you are seeing what's in the cloud. That way you can make more space on your phone.

I save mine to my PC and then save them on a usb stick or external hard drive.

I know what you mean about the disappearing though. iCloud does this and it freaks me out.

google photos dont delete from google after they have been delelted from the iphone

I just download them onto my computer

Cheers