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wmckenna1
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

How can I add photos to an album?

After I upload photos from my iphone they are found in the camera upload file in my drop box.  How do I move them from the camera upload folder into one of my photo albums.  When I do that, do I dele...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    8 years ago
    Its only using the storage once :)

    The Photos tab and Albums tabs are just web pages created from your files.
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Vivian
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
8 years ago

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out to us!

 

Any photos located in the Camera or Screenshots folders of your device´s photo app will upload to your Dropbox. Once they´re uploaded you will find them in your Photos tab. From here, you have the option to add them to an Album of your choice. To do so, please follow below steps:

 

  1. Sign in to your dropbox.com.
  2. Click on Photos tab on the left.
  3. Select the photo.
  4. Right click and choose ´Add to album´.

Please note, if you delete the photo from the Photos tab the image will be deleted in your Album. If however, you remove it from the Album it will not delete in the Photos tab.

 

Hope this clarifies! Let us know if you need anything else. :)

 

Thanks,

Vivian

 

  • wmckenna1's avatar
    wmckenna1
    Explorer | Level 4
    8 years ago

    OK thanks.  So my last question,(probably not), is this.  I see the photos are in the camera upload file folder, under the files tab.  The same photos are then in the photos folder.  If I then add one of those same photos to an album, is that one photo using three times the storage space? (camera upload, photos, then specific album) Do I need to delete all the photos in the camera upload file folder or does deleting them there also delete them from the photo folder.

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      8 years ago
      Its only using the storage once :)

      The Photos tab and Albums tabs are just web pages created from your files.
      • Terry P.'s avatar
        Terry P.
        Collaborator | Level 10
        8 years ago

        "Once they´re uploaded you will find them in your Photos tab."

         

        I don't understand that reply from Dropbox.

         

        on my iPhone and iPad they are uploaded to \Camera Uploads not \Photos.

         

        Terry, UK

         

         

    • bayewade2's avatar
      bayewade2
      Explorer | Level 3
      8 years ago
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      • bayewade2's avatar
        bayewade2
        Explorer | Level 3
        8 years ago
        I one si my photo

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