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How can I select multiple files to delete at once?
I upgraded my dropbox recently to 1 TB of cloud memory because I have a security camera that records and uploads. We have the camera inside the house and it records anytime there is movement. I don...
Hey there minerolywa - welcome to our forums and happy Monday!
There should be a box to tick at the left side of the deleted files in question through which you'd be able to mark more than one files to permanently delete (if needed that is).
I was able to select them by hitting Ctrl + A on my deleted files page - have you tried this by any chance yet? (if you're on a Mac device it would be Command + A)
Just note that deleted and permanently deleted files don't count against your storage quota. Permanently deleting files after they have already been deleted doesn't free any more space in your Dropbox.
For Dropbox Basic (free) and Plus users, deleted files are permanently deleted after 30 days. If you have a Dropbox Professional or Business account, files are permanently deleted after 120 days.
If you move a file, then permanently delete it, the version of that file from its previous location will appear in the deleted files page. You can then permanently delete this version.
I hope this information helps and please let me know if you have any questions!
Lusil
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi there PJChatman, thanks for reaching out and for taking the time to share your feedback with us.
I just also wanted to mention that you can have a look at this thread, where other users also proposed the idea of a "select all" button for the deleted files page.
Have a look and feel free to comment and upvote the idea.
In the meantime, if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to get back to us. Cheers!
I just also wanted to mention that you can have a look at this thread, where other users also proposed the idea of a "select all" button for the deleted files page.
Have a look and feel free to comment and upvote the idea.
In the meantime, if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to get back to us. Cheers!
I hope I'm not reading in this thread that the only ways photos can be deleted from an album at Dropbox is one by one or every photo in the album. Please tell me I've interpreted this incorrectly.
Surely removing multiple photos when editing out dupes and other unwanted photos can be done by selecting those and clicking something like "delete all selected images" ?
Deleting them one at a time would be torture. If there really is no way to easily delete multiple photos from Dropbox albums I'llc ask why not? I don't know the first thing about writing code but adding the ability to select multiple photos for deletion is such a simple task at every cloud storage app I've used, well, it just makes no sense for a company as established as Dropbox is to not have such an important and simple tool available.
If not, I may be at the wrong app because I sure don't have the time or patience to sit for hours just deleting images one at a time.
Thanks.
- Jay
Hi Stewart_Bowman, are you trying to delete the photos from the Photos tab directly, or from the specific folder in the Files page?
- I’m under the same impression and I have done extensive research and come to the same conclusion especially when trying to delete pictures or photos you have to do it one by one. It’s driving me insane
