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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.

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
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.
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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
    • Ian1's avatar
      Ian1
      New member | Level 2
      8 years ago
      I am confused by the two replies from the two 'Super Users', they directly conflict with one another! Are photos deleted, or not?
      • catwoman45's avatar
        catwoman45
        Explorer | Level 4
        8 years ago

        I am confused too!.. I have deleted lots of picture on my cameraroll on my iphone... But hopefully I will keep all the pictures in dropbox????

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