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Pbpb
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

If I delete photos on my phone gallery, will they remain on Dropbox?

Trying to start fresh after factory reset I don't want old photos on device phone gallery app I rather have old photos that are backed up on Dropbox cloud storage and keep phone gallery free for new ...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    3 years ago

    Hi Pbpb, I'd be happy to answer this one for you! 

     

    Once you backup and upload your content to Dropbox, you're safe to delete them off of your photos gallery on your phone. 

     

    The files will remain safe with us, and you can make up space for new pictures on your phone's storage. 

     

    I hope that clarifies, let me know if you have any other questions. 

VPT's avatar
VPT
New member | Level 2

On the contrary. In my case I would prefer to have deleted photos on my cell to got deleted also in Dropbox, for cases likes bad or useless photos. So, I won´t need to delete them twice

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago
VPT wrote:

In my case I would prefer to have deleted photos on my cell to got deleted also in Dropbox

That's not an option.

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