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GeoG
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
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How to stop my phone from backing up all my photos on my phone note 9 samsung

I cant find an answer on how to stop my Samsung note 9 phone from backing up all my photos to drop box . I clicked the wrong button when transferring a photo now all photos go there......I have them backuped somewhere else Can someone help me.   I have to go and delete them daily as they take up all my space

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  • GeoG's avatar
    GeoG
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Thank you.   I guess when I was moving a photo to dropbox that must have popped up and I clicked  it..............Thanks a bunch issue resoved I hope......

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

    As I have a Basic account I don't want or need Dropbox to backup my photos, but I can't see anything under preferences. NB The photos are being stored under the Photos folder and not in the backup folder,which is empty. I need to stop Dropbox from storing the photos as it just takes up too much space.

     

    Any help would be most appreciated.

     

     

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Hi endofthepier, welcome to our Community! 

     

    Based on what you described, it sounds like you have the Camera uploads feature enabled. Can you check the steps provided here, in order to disable it?

     

    Keep me posted on the results! 

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