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MasterC
New member | Level 2
7 years ago
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How can I stop Dropbox from uploading all my photos?

I do not want Dropbox uploading all of my photo, any for that matter. I got a new phone and it uploaded all my photo. I was so upset. How can I turn that off. I have a specific use for dropbox as a s...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 years ago

    It has only done it because you've told it to MasterC - its turned off by default. However, its easy enough to change. Simply alter the 'Camera Uploads' setting. 

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Mark
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7 years ago

It has only done it because you've told it to MasterC - its turned off by default. However, its easy enough to change. Simply alter the 'Camera Uploads' setting. 

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AngelaN
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

This doesn’t help. The choices on Camera Upliads is between Never and Read and Write. What does the latter mean?

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