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Jonathan B.3
Helpful | Level 5
11 years ago
Solved

Can I delete photos from my phone after uploading them without deleting them from Dropbox too?

Here's the essence of the problem: I have DropBox Pro installed on an iPhone 5s, iPad Air, MacBook Pro and Windows desktop computer. I do NOT want to clog up my iPhone, iPad and MacBook with files fr...
Delete
Mobile
Storage space
  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago
    No there isnt Frankie, as unfortunately has been said in this thread.
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Kelly H.23
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

This dropbox app is killing me. I bought it to back up my pictures and videos. It is using up all 128 gigs of my memory! I didn't see any solutions to the original question and it appears there are no settings on dropbox website or in app to offload these pics from my phone to free up space and store them in the cloud, which it sounds like is what everyone is trying to do. Wake up dropbox! give us a solution that works without complication. 

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