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AttilaH
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

Set date for new photos only in Camera Uploads

 Hi, is there an option to set a new date starting that on my phone to be backed up? I wanna delete old photos from camera uploads, but dont want them to be syncronized once again. If i could re-set ...
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  • Tosca1924's avatar
    Tosca1924
    3 months ago
    I had tried that, yes. But this morning I tried switching it to "All photos" and then switching back to "New Photos only" and that set the date back to today's date. Thank you!
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Nancy
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Tosca1924, have you tried disabling the camera uploads feature altogether and turning it on again? If you do this, do you see the correct date when uploading “New photos only”?

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Tosca1924
New member | Level 2
3 months ago
I had tried that, yes. But this morning I tried switching it to "All photos" and then switching back to "New Photos only" and that set the date back to today's date. Thank you!

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