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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
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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
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        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?

         

         

  • 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
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      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. 

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