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Forum Discussion
How to stop my camera photos from being backed up into Dropbox?
I have a desktop computer - HP - and in past I would put my camera scan disk into side of computer and the photos would be downloaded to my computer in my PICTURES folder; now - for some reason they...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey earthangel4peace, let's jump right into this!
Would you mind checking into your app's preferences, and specifically under Backup to check what type of settings are applied there?
Is it possible that your camera uploads are enabled?
Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!
Dinosaur Jayne here again. I downloaded the app to my home page and opened it and found BACKUPS...and I found where I could choose what to do with pictures and videos...do I want to select Take No Action or Ask Me Each time...
- Hannah
Hey earthangel4peace, that would depend on your preference.
If you don't want the Dropbox app to take any action with the photos, choose the first one.
If you want it to ask you what to do with the photos every time the scan disk gets connected, choose the second option.
I hope this helps!
