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Petamo
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2 years ago
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Deleting copies of photo

If I delete a photo in a folder and there is a copy of it in another folder, will both be deleted?
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    2 years ago

    Hi Petamo 

    No, only the one you delete will be removed. There isnt a link to files elsewhere. 

Rich's avatar
Rich
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2 years ago
Petamo wrote:

This means when I open Photos, they are all there amongst other photos that I have taken!!

The Photos page shows you ALL of the images found anywhere in your account. It's not a separate folder. It's just a way to display all the images, photos and videos within your entire account.

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Petamo
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Thank you


Obviously, if I delete from’Photos’, it will then be deleted from all folders that contain that photo


I realise that these are very basic questions but even tho I have been a Dropbox user for years, it is only now that I am reorganising folders etc and I’m making sure I don’t delete a photo/document that I didn’t want deleted!!

 

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