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allidav
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Can photos I delete from my phone automatically be deleted from Camera Uploads too?

My iPhone photo library is automatically backed up to my Dropbox (which is great) but I find myself having to frequently manually delete photos previously uploaded to Dropbox when I delete them from ...
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Hannah
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2 years ago

Thanks for posting to the Dropbox Community, allidav!

 

The "sync" between your phone and the Dropbox app through Camera Uploads is actually one-way.

 

That's why the photos you delete from your phone, don't get deleted from Camera Uploads.

 

I will however, pass your feedback along to our team about this.

 

If you have any questions, let me know.

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allidav
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Thanks, there are several 3rd party Android apps that will actually do a normal sync instead of just only one-way uploads.

On iOS though I’ve not been able to find an app that does a normal sync and isn’t one-way uploads only like the Dropbox app itself.

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    allidav
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    I did finally manage to find a workaround to accomplishing this, though it requires some manual work.

     

    1- Using the Mac Photos app, I do an export all and save all my photos to a new folder on my computer.

     

    2- I copy this new folder to Dropbox and let it finish syncing. Dropbox seems to be smart enough to not re-upload any identical files that's already on Dropbox, so the sync is done very quickly as it only uploads just the new files.

     

    3- I delete the old folder that still contains photos I have deleted from iCloud and this new folder becomes my latest synced copy.

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