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Piggy75
3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Photo albums disappeared
Hi Can somebody please help me as all my Albums not files have disappeared. I have hundreds of pictures stored in these albums and need them back? Look for to hearing back from people
- 3 years ago
Hey Martyn, sorry to jump in here, but I just want to clarify that we have recently made a change to the Dropbox Android mobile application that has removed the "Albums" from the Photos tab. This change didn’t remove photos or videos you’ve uploaded to the app.
You can still find your uploaded photos and videos in the Photos tab or at dropbox.com/photos
For this and more common fixes for the Android app, you can check out this Help Center article.
I hope this helps!
Mod note: edited to update link in post [last update 2023]
Hannah
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey Piggy75, thanks for joining our Community!
Are you referring to the Dropbox app on your phone? And do you have an Android phone?
Do you still see your photos in the 'photos' tab?
Keep me posted!
Are you referring to the Dropbox app on your phone? And do you have an Android phone?
Do you still see your photos in the 'photos' tab?
Keep me posted!
- Piggy753 years agoHelpful | Level 6Hi Hannah
Yes it is the Dropbox app on my Samsung 21s ultra and also my Samsung tablet.
Most of the pictures are in photos but go back years.All my albums have disappeared.I could press down on a picture then the album option would appear but doesn't now!
Thanks
Martyn- Walter3 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey Martyn, sorry to jump in here, but I just want to clarify that we have recently made a change to the Dropbox Android mobile application that has removed the "Albums" from the Photos tab. This change didn’t remove photos or videos you’ve uploaded to the app.
You can still find your uploaded photos and videos in the Photos tab or at dropbox.com/photos
For this and more common fixes for the Android app, you can check out this Help Center article.
I hope this helps!
Mod note: edited to update link in post [last update 2023]
- Alanedempsey3 years agoNew member | Level 2This is such a bad decision. Must of been made by someone who doesn't use the album function or doesn't have a clue. Have been a paying customer for more than 10 years, and all of my important photos such as kids birthdays sorted into albums. They are all disappeared. And before you tell me the photos are not, ye I know but do you think I have time to be scrolling through thousands of photos to find what i am looking for?
Going to look at an alternative for Dropbox now as there must be a bunch of morons running it....
- Munchym19493 years agoNew member | Level 2Yes photos are there but no albums
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