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Peter T.5
10 years agoNew member | Level 1
If I delete photos from my camera folder on my phone will they stay in Dropfox Camera Uploads folder?
Hi,
I want to delete photos from my phone to get storage space back. If these have already been synced and in the camera uploads folder in my dropbox they would not get deleted by deleting them on...
- 4 years agoHello!
I had reinstalled the app already (though I’m not sure I did a full uninstall first) but in the end I had some spare time and so I transferred the files from one external drive to another then reformatted the drive so it would trigger a new request to backup. This worked. As a suggestion, it seems like there should be some manual way to tell Dropbox to backup a drive after originally indicating not to and not to ask again.
Thanks!
ameliatwentytwo
9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Please can someone tell me how long Dropbox will keep uploaded files/photos for and if the original is deleted from the device it was uploaded from, will it be lost forever? I have uploaded a lot of photos from my phone onto my Dropbox account as my phone has very limited space left. Ideally I'd like to delete these now from my phone but am worried that they'll disappear.
- Rich9 years ago
Super User II
If you delete them from the camera roll/gallery on your device, they will not be deleted from Dropbox. If you delete them from the Dropbox app on your phone, they WILL be deleted from your Dropbox account.- DagT9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thank you for the information about the phone...I am in the same boat. I have another related question. If I have photos uploaded to DropBox and I delete them on my synced computer, will they be lost on DropBox? I am still unsure about the "direction" that syncing goes.
- Mark9 years ago
Super User II
Yes they will.
Dropbox syncs from computers in both directions. Think of it as a mirror - so what happens on one machine/device replicates to all others.
- cfsampson9 years agoNew member | Level 2
Once the photos are uploaded to the Camera Uploads folder in Dropbox, move them to another folder (for example, mine is called Family Photos). If you have limited space on your device(s), don't sync the Family Photos folder with your PC or phone. They stay safe in Dropbox without taking up space on your device. I only move the photos periodically, whenever they start to pile up on my phone.
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