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ThaiBill's avatar
ThaiBill
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Can 'camera uploads' upload photos only from my camera folder?

Hi, is there a way to automatically backup my camera roll from Android to Dropbox? I only want to backup the photos I take but cannot stop it from uploading every photo in every folder. 😔
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    4 years ago
    Hi ThaiBill, there isn't isn't a way to disable the backup of the screenshots in the automatic camera uploads feature, as it is included by default.

    If you wish, you can suggest this change for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future!
Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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Hi ThaiBill, thanks for reaching out!

Our camera uploads feature actually uploads photos and videos taken from your 'camera' and your 'screenshots' albums on your mobile device.

Did you take a look at this feature? Are you seeing a different behavior?

Keep me posted!
 
Flap Z.'s avatar
Flap Z.
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
Why can't you stop Screenshot uploading it can't be that hard to implement a choice of folders to upload.

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