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Adam110
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Hiding picture data

Hi there. I'm new to drop box so please excuse any ignorance. I have basic Dropbox, how do I hide my photo info (camera, settings etc) when sending pics? Thank you.
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Rich
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Adam110 wrote:
I have basic Dropbox, how do I hide my photo info (camera, settings etc) when sending pics? Thank you.

That information is embedded within the file itself. Dropbox has no way to hide it. Find a utility that can strip the metadata (EXIF data) from your images before you upload them to Dropbox.

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Adam110
New member | Level 2
4 years ago
Hi Rich,
Thank you. Really!? That'll stop me using it! I need my EXIF data just not for this. It's mission chopping and changing. Thank you so much for getting back to me.
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    Glebich
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    I also need to hide this INFO block from the dropbox image viewer. How to do it? Even if I clean up metadata from the image, it still exists there. 

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      Walter
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      3 years ago

      Hey Glebich, just to make sure we're on the same page, could you send us a screenshot of what you're referring to?

       

       

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        Glebich
        Explorer | Level 3
        3 years ago

        Walter This info block. Every time someone uploads a file, it shows his name, but it is super insecure and needs to be hidden. How to do it? 

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