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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...
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:
Hope this helps! :)
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 DropboxThe 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.
With Dropbox's refocus on Dropbox and not other unrelated projects, is this feature ever going to be considered?
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
Mark B.2 wrote:
With Dropbox's refocus on Dropbox and not other unrelated projects, is this feature ever going to be considered?
If you mean deleting a photo from your camera roll/gallery and having Dropbox automatically delete it from Camera Uploads as well, then it likely will never be considered. That's counter-productive to how Camera Uploads is meant to function (as explained in a previous reply).
This means you can let Camera Upload upload your pictures for you, then delete them from your device to save space.
- I would like to second the request for this feature. While it is sometimes handy for dropbox to retain an uploaded picture after I've deleted it from my phone, there are times when I want to clean out picture and have them removed from my phone AND dropbox. The current implementation requires that I delete in two places. I (and others) request an option where when deleting a picture from the phone, it also deletes from dropbox. Thank you.
