Turn off Screenshots from backing up

[Robin621k]

I consider myself pretty savvy tech wise, for the life of me I can't figure out how to turn off screenshots from backing up to Google Photos.

Any ideas?

[realaud]

I beg to differ. It is true. And I can prove it I go to photos google.com after I take a photo and my photos are backed up there I don't just look at the Google photos app. I do not believe the Google photos backup operates separately, as the allocated free storage is divided among photos, drive files, and G-Mail.  Says so right in the terms.

[Tom6068]

The first image is a screenshot of of my google photos apps contents and I took this after turning on backup on the app.

This shot is Google Photos online with my account (I deleted one image because it is political, note my avatar). Note the same screenshot on my phone with red square around it, uploaded just a few moments ago.

Now, after taking the above screenshot I deleted it from the same Google online account after I turned off the backup toggle on my Google Photos phone app. I had to delete because it backed up to my online account. I then logged out, cleared by browser cookies etc, then went back in to my online Google Photos account and it was gone. But it still show on my Google Photos phone app because the app directly accesses it as both the gallery and the app are on the same device, but I do not have backup toggled on.

[realaud]

I have Google backup on ALWAYS.  My photos immediately backup to Google photos.  When backup is on, when you delete the backup photo from Google Photos, it also deletes it from the Gallery.  If you delete it directly from the Gallery, it stays in Google photos BECAUSE IT IS A BACKUP COPY.  If you turn Google backup OFF, when you delete a photo from Google photos, it will remain in the gallery, because they are no longer synced for deletion or additions to Google photos.  It WILL show in the Google photos app because the Google Photos app DOES read the DCIM folder so it will read whatever is there.  Again, if you have backup turned on, it will back up immediately.  If you turn it off, Google photos will still read your DCIM folder but not backup your photos.

[Tom6068]

"If you turn it off, Google photos will still read your DCIM folder but not backup your photos."

That is what I said the first time and again earlier and goes against the previous two responses I got earlier.

[realaud]

I have been consistent in my responses, it's you who decided you wanted to argue.  My original statement was the if you have Google backup enabled, your photos back up immediately.  I am done entertaining this subject.