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Jonathan B.3
Helpful | Level 5
10 years ago

Can I delete photos from my phone after uploading them without deleting them from Dropbox too?

Here's the essence of the problem: I have DropBox Pro installed on an iPhone 5s, iPad Air, MacBook Pro and Windows desktop computer. I do NOT want to clog up my iPhone, iPad and MacBook with files fr...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    8 years ago
    No there isnt Frankie, as unfortunately has been said in this thread.
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martin h.
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

No one answered the question about how to delete from dropbox on a macbook pro while still having the images on the cloud. Is this possible? can i just delete the images in the camera uploads folder on my macbook and they will still be on the cloud? Is this folder acting differently than other folders on the dropbox platform?

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