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jrlbell
Helpful | Level 7
8 months ago

There are some images on the Photos tab that don't belong to me

I was looking at my Photos yesterday and discovered three photos that are not mine. The reason I saw them is that they are dated 2037 (December). I looked at the photo information and they are from a...
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jrlbell
Helpful | Level 7
8 months ago

My case is solved.

However, I would like it noted that I think the Photos tab in the mobile Dropbox should not have all thumbnails, but only thumbnails from specific folders, including the Camera Uploads folder, the Photos folder, etc. It should not have thumbnails for every photo that exists in Dropbox. I store all sorts of photos in Dropbox that I do not ever need to see on my iPhone. Once those photos are moved from the Camera Uploads folder, the Photos folder, and other folders specified by the user they should not show up as thumbnails anymore. For one thing, it is just too easy to see a thumbnail and delete it, only to find that it has deleted the photo from wherever it was stored.

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Jay
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8 months ago

Thanks for the feedback. If you're interested in this idea, feel free to vote for it on this suggestion!

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    jrlbell
    Helpful | Level 7
    8 months ago

    Done! Thanks for pointing that out.

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