Delete photo from iPhone, NOT from Mac/iCloud

Hello,
I scanned a bunch of images recently, and I noticed they were all automatically going to the photo stream when I imported them. I believe I turned that off in preferences, but the ones I've already scanned that way are taking up space on my photo stream. I went to delete those same images from my phone, but it says that will delete them from all devices.
How can I delete the photos in the photo stream on my iPhone while keeping them on my Macbook air's Photos?
Thanks!
Joss

Icloud Photo Library is not an archive. If you wish to archive all photos before deleting some try another service like Dropbox. This also gives you another, independent, backup which is always a good idea when using a product labelled, "Beta".

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