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earthangel4peace
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

How to stop my camera photos from being backed up into Dropbox?

I have a desktop computer - HP - and in past I would put my camera  scan disk into side of computer and the photos would be downloaded to my computer in my PICTURES folder; now - for some reason they...
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Megan
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2 years ago

Hey earthangel4peace, let's jump right into this!

Would you mind checking into your app's preferences, and specifically under Backup to check what type of settings are applied there?

Is it possible that your camera uploads are enabled? 

Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!

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earthangel4peace
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

Sorry to be the Village Idiot.  Ok, I have the app; I went to Preferences and Backup and changed Auto Play Settings to Take No Action; however when I go back to Backup page with Camera Uploads - there is no choice to change selection there..it is either Photo Only or Photo and Video.  By my changing the Backup - Auto Play Setting to Take No Action - will that eliminate Dropbox downloading pictures when I put a memory card in?

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    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Can you send me a screenshot of the settings you see on your end? Just to have a visual and guide you from there.

    You can attach it here by clicking on the following camera button in your message box: 

    Did you insert your memory card in the meantime and your photos were still uploaded to Dropbox?

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