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Peter T.5's avatar
Peter T.5
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

If I delete photos from my camera folder on my phone will they stay in Dropfox Camera Uploads folder?

Hi, I want to delete photos from my phone to get storage space back. If these have already been synced and in the camera uploads folder in my dropbox they would not get deleted by deleting them on...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    10 years ago

    If you delete photos from your phone's camera roll, gallery, etc., they will not be deleted from from your Dropbox account. If you delete them from the Dropbox app on your phone, they WILL be deleted from Dropbox, but will stay in your phone's camera roll.

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ameliatwentytwo
New member | Level 2
Please can someone tell me how long Dropbox will keep uploaded files/photos for and if the original is deleted from the device it was uploaded from, will it be lost forever? I have uploaded a lot of photos from my phone onto my Dropbox account as my phone has very limited space left. Ideally I'd like to delete these now from my phone but am worried that they'll disappear.
Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
8 years ago
If you delete them from the camera roll/gallery on your device, they will not be deleted from Dropbox. If you delete them from the Dropbox app on your phone, they WILL be deleted from your Dropbox account.
  • DagT's avatar
    DagT
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    Thank you for the information about the phone...I am in the same boat.  I have another related question.  If I have photos uploaded to DropBox and I delete them on my synced computer, will they be lost on DropBox?  I am still unsure about the "direction" that syncing goes.

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      8 years ago
      Yes they will.

      Dropbox syncs from computers in both directions. Think of it as a mirror - so what happens on one machine/device replicates to all others.
      • Dimitri V.'s avatar
        Dimitri V.
        New member | Level 2
        8 years ago
        No they will not....
        It doesn't work that way on a phone...

        I can safely delete all pictures from my camera roll on my iphone and they still will al be there on my dropbox...

        PC works differently than on a phone

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