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Mattress71
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

How can I upload photos of my phone?

Storage on my phone is full. I want to save all my photos (10,000 or so) to dropbox and then delete them off my phone. Normally when I open the dropbox app on my phone, it automatically uploads my ...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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2 years ago

Hi Mattress71, thanks for messaging the Community!

 

The camera upload feature would automatically upload any photos in the albums selected on your device to the Dropbox site. 

 

When doing so, there needs to be enough free space on the phone in order to perform the upload.

 

Another way of uploading photos is to physically connect your phone to the computer, and enable the camera upload feature in the desktop app.

 

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

  • Mattress71's avatar
    Mattress71
    New member | Level 1
    12 months ago

    Thanks Jay, I can now see the photos on my web-based dropbox account. I can also see they are on my desktop app with either a tick next to them or a cloud. If I delete them off my phone now (to free up space) will I lose them?

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      12 months ago

      Since they're already uploaded to your Dropbox account, you should be safe to delete them from your device Mattress71 

      If you're not sure how it works, you can try it out with a sample file as a test! 

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