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eoffbus
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1 month ago

Photos tab in Dropbox online contains bookoo pics from way back.

I was surprised to find that the Photos tab in Dropbox online (i.e. at Dropbox.com) contains bookoo pics from wayyyy back. I've always deleted pics from the iPhone after naming and saving the ones ...
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eoffbus
Helpful | Level 5
26 days ago

I deleted them locally from the iPhone's camera roll. Thanks for following-up.

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Rich
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26 days ago
eoffbus wrote:

I deleted them locally from the iPhone's camera roll. Thanks for following-up.

Keep in mind that doing that won't have an effect on the Photos tab as it shows the photos directly from your Dropbox account, and not the ones stored in your camera roll. Also, deleting a photo from your camera roll doesn't delete that photo from your Dropbox account.

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