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how do I transfer photos from dropbox to my computer and delete them from my dropbox?
I want to move all my photos/files from dropbox to an external hard drive, remove them from my dropbox without delete any photos by mistake or anything. This is to organize my photos and files proper...
Hello everyone,
To download all the files you have stored in your Dropbox safely , you can do it either by using the Dropbox app on your computer or by downloading the mmanually on the website.
Using the Dropbox app:
Once you install the Dropbox app on your computer and the syncing is complete, you can unlink Dropbox from your device. Then you can move your Dropbox folder and store it wherever you want and do permanent changes to your computer that do not sync back to the website.
Download from www.dropbox.com
You can download the entire contents of a folder from dropbox.com in a ZIP file.
Note: It's not possible to use dropbox.com to download an entire folder that's over 1 GB or that has over 10,000 files
Additionally, If you run out of Dropbox space, there are a few things you can do to get more!
Thanks! :slight_smile:
- Dropbox takes up no more storage (bar the install files of a 100mb or so?) than the files you have stored on it articangel333 - because they are simply in a folder like all others
To get all online photos to sync to your PC so that you can move them to a local folder --- this assumes you have the Desktop version installed on your PC. ---> Scenario 1 - My set up is such that I have all my iphone photos backed up to my Dropbox account. To get all the photos from Photos online to my PC I do this - From the desktop in the system tray, click on the dropbox icon > gear icon on top right > preferences > account > selective sync > Camera uploads - then click on Update. All the 'Photos' from my online Dropbox then appeared on my local Dropbox drive. From your PC go to the local dropbox folder, navigate to the Camera Uploads folder, Select All and drag all files to a local Folder. I am running desktop version v3.12.5. ---> Scenario 2 - I have an older Photos folder in my online Dropbox with photos in it. Same thing, from the selective sync > Photos, then click on Update. All Photos and sub-folders from there will now be on your local Dropbox folder under folder Photos. Same thing go to that sub-folder(s) select all and move your photos to a local folder.
