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Ronald R.7
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Saving photos to my iPhone created a new Dropbox album. How can I prevent that?

Previously when I opened a photo in a dropbox file and used "Save image" it would save the photo to the All Photos album on my iphone. Recently the same process created a new album named Dropbox and ...
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Ronald R.7
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

It happened for the first time today - I am not aware of any update unless it was and auto update. I am using the free basic plan. Thanks.

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Nancy
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11 months ago

If you open the Photos app on your iPhone again, can you see a “Recently saved” option at the bottom, by any chance? 

Are you able to see the new Dropbox photos you’ve downloaded from the Dropbox app, if you go there?

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