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Adam110
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Hiding picture data

Hi there. I'm new to drop box so please excuse any ignorance. I have basic Dropbox, how do I hide my photo info (camera, settings etc) when sending pics? Thank you.

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    5 years ago

    Adam110 wrote:
    I have basic Dropbox, how do I hide my photo info (camera, settings etc) when sending pics? Thank you.

    That information is embedded within the file itself. Dropbox has no way to hide it. Find a utility that can strip the metadata (EXIF data) from your images before you upload them to Dropbox.

  • Adam110's avatar
    Adam110
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago
    Hi Rich,
    Thank you. Really!? That'll stop me using it! I need my EXIF data just not for this. It's mission chopping and changing. Thank you so much for getting back to me.
  • Glebich's avatar
    Glebich
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 years ago

    I also need to hide this INFO block from the dropbox image viewer. How to do it? Even if I clean up metadata from the image, it still exists there. 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    4 years ago

    Hey Glebich, just to make sure we're on the same page, could you send us a screenshot of what you're referring to?

     

     

  • Glebich's avatar
    Glebich
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 years ago

    Walter This info block. Every time someone uploads a file, it shows his name, but it is super insecure and needs to be hidden. How to do it? 

  • Jackson's avatar
    Jackson
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    4 years ago

    Hi Glebich, sorry for jumping in.

     

    I am afraid there is currently no way to hide the "uploaded by" part of the metadata.

     

    If you want to see a way to strip metadata, on the Dropbox website, please post it on the Share an idea board.

     

    For the rest of the metadata, you can use the steps outlined by Rich.

     

    Hope that clears things up.

  • dbacon's avatar
    dbacon
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    I understand that the exif data is embedded in the image, but isn't there a way to tell Dropbox not to display it?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    4 years ago

    Hey dbacon, thanks for joining the discussion here.

     

    I'm afraid there's no way within Dropbox to remove or hide the exif data of (shared) files. 

     

    Let me know if you have any other questions. 

  • kree photography's avatar
    kree photography
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    When you share a photo via dropbox, you can click in the bottom lower left corner info button ( circled "i") how do you turn this off as I don't want to ave this seen...?

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Hey kree photography, thanks for joining our Community.

     

    I just wanted to mention that there's no way within Dropbox to remove or hide the exif data of (shared) files. This includes the camera info you mentioned as its part of the file's metadata. 

     

    Let us know if you have any other questions. 

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