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Mark B.2's avatar
Mark B.2
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

When using camera uploads, does deleting a photo from camera roll also delete it from Dropbox?

I really like the idea of Camera Upload, but why when I delete a photo from my phone via my Camera or Gallery view, does this not also delete the photo from my Dropbox Camera Uploads folder? Is ther...
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  • Christopher N.1's avatar
    Christopher N.1
    10 years ago

    Hi Mark!

    Deleting a photo from the Camera Roll on your smartphone or tablet won't delete it from your Dropbox account. This means you can let Camera Upload upload your pictures for you, then delete them from your device to save space.

    Also, if you like Camera Upload, make sure to check out our gallery app, Carousel:

    https://carousel.dropbox.com

    Hope this helps! :)

  • Mark B.2's avatar
    Mark B.2
    10 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback Demtrios.

    It would seem like there's at least a couple of scenarios here:
    1. Device -> Dropbox: Automatically upload all my photos to Dropbox, and I manually delete the photos on my phone to to save space
    2. Device <-> Dropbox: Keep the photos on my device in sync with Dropbox, so that I can delete photos on my device using the application of my choice (File Explorer, Gallery, Camera, Camera Roll, Carousel etc) or directly from Dropbox

    The scenario that I'm mostly interested in is #2, since the majority of SmartPhone devices in the world have external storage, it's cheap and convenient to add 16GB or 32GB to any non iPhone device with an SD card, so space is less of an issue, but losing the photos is more of an issue. But, if I lost my device, it'd be major hassle to have to sift through all the photos in Camera Upload and reconcile what was deleted on my device.

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glassfull
Collaborator | Level 8
9 years ago

I discovered that on my computer, there are duplicates of a lot of photos and videos.  If I delete these duplicates from my computer's Camera Uploads folder, this does not seem to update the Dropbox website Camera Uploads folder - so all of these duplicates still sync down to my other devices.

What is the best way to sync the Camera Uploads folder on my desktop machine, to the Dropbox Camera Uploads folder - so that they are the same?

Thanks

 

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