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Trying to start fresh after factory reset I don't want old photos on device phone gallery app I rather have old photos that are backed up on Dropbox cloud storage and keep phone gallery free for new photos not photos that are backed up on device
Do not want to share phone storage for old photos and videos I would like to have phone storage for new stuff only and cloud storage for old stuff only
If I delete photos on phone it will delete that same photos on cloud I do not want that I do not want old stuff on phone it would be pointless of cloud storage if old things are on my phone no point in online storage
Hi @Pbpb, I'd be happy to answer this one for you!
Once you backup and upload your content to Dropbox, you're safe to delete them off of your photos gallery on your phone.
The files will remain safe with us, and you can make up space for new pictures on your phone's storage.
I hope that clarifies, let me know if you have any other questions.
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Hi @Pbpb, I'd be happy to answer this one for you!
Once you backup and upload your content to Dropbox, you're safe to delete them off of your photos gallery on your phone.
The files will remain safe with us, and you can make up space for new pictures on your phone's storage.
I hope that clarifies, let me know if you have any other questions.
Megan
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Hi @Pbpb, thanks for writing back.
I'm not entirely sure I understood the first question about sharing storage. Can you give me a different explanation please, so I can grasp the idea of it?
As for the second question, you mentioned Google drive, which isn't the same with Dropbox. Did you try previewing the files on Dropbox and had any issues doing so?
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Hey @Pbpb!
When you take a picture, it takes up some of your phone's storage space indeed. However, if you upload the content into your Dropbox, and then delete it off of your camera roll, then the picture would only take up some of your Dropbox storage.
As for your second question, you shouldn't be having any issues with Dropbox when it comes down to previewing your content.
If you have any other Dropbox specific questions in mind, let me know.
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No problem at all @Pbpb!
Have a lovely weekend ahead,enjoy! ❣️
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On the contrary. In my case I would prefer to have deleted photos on my cell to got deleted also in Dropbox, for cases likes bad or useless photos. So, I won´t need to delete them twice
@VPT wrote:
In my case I would prefer to have deleted photos on my cell to got deleted also in Dropbox
That's not an option.
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