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ncole
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
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How do I stop Dropbox from Pulling Images from My uploaded files and displaying them?

How do I stop Dropbox from Pulling Images from My uploaded files and displaying them?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    ncole wrote:

    Any and all images from those files are also now showing in the 'Photos' area.

    The Photos page is a special page that shows all of the images throughout your entire Dropbox account. There's no way to disable this or exclude folders from being included.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey ncole, thanks for reaching out to us.

 

Can you clarify what you mean a bit more? 

 

Which platform are you referring to? Are you perhaps talking about the Home tab on the Dropbox mobile app?

 

Any additional info or screenshots explaining your issue, would be really helpful.

 

Thanks!

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    ncole
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Hi Hannah, I'm on an M1 Mac, using Ventura.  I'm using Dropbox 'Backup' for an external drive only. However, the files from the external hard drive that are uploaded to Dropbox are being perused by Dropbox. Any and all images from those files are also now showing in the 'Photos' area.  Although I do have Photos on this computer, the 'Pictures Folder' is empty, so no pictures are being uploaded from my main drive. I had already previously stopped Dropbox from having access to any part of the main computer (which has caused serious conflicts by itself.)  

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      3 years ago
      ncole wrote:

      Any and all images from those files are also now showing in the 'Photos' area.

      The Photos page is a special page that shows all of the images throughout your entire Dropbox account. There's no way to disable this or exclude folders from being included.

      • ncole's avatar
        ncole
        Helpful | Level 5
        3 years ago

        Thank you, Rich

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