Choosing which folder to add camera uploads

[Speakender]

With multilpe users on my dropbox account, I need a feature where I can select which folder mobile uploads are directed to. My wife and I both use our phones for work, and we take a lot of pictures. Dropbox currently mixes all the photos we both take into a combined folder. I would like to have a serparate folder for each of us.

[Jay]

This idea has been closed as it has reached the end of the Share an Idea process.

[phoenixhong]

I also vouch for this feature, i believe this is what most user want since years back

[Martin W.37]

This single feature would make Dropbox the only alternative for a family who wants a truly shared account but with personal photo folders! Currently, our Camera Uploads folder is littered with more than 95% screenshots and gifs that the teenagers save to their phones. Please, please, please enable this! My guess is that it is not a technical problem but rather a safeguard against widespread account sharing that is behind this decision. Unfortunately, this is limiting the usability of the service for families. Maybe you could add a family connection between different accounts where you could administer which folders should be visible/usable for which accounts? The competitors offer shared use of the total space, not actual sharing of ALL files like Dropbox, so I really would like to keep using Dropbox.

[miltoros]

Agree with all.... would be awesome to be able to choose separate folders rather than move them later. @Martin.W37 is spot on!! 

Also would be good to be able to see a bit bigger version of the pictures on screen when reviewing to help with choosing them to then move them.  Thanks !

[PatricF]

I know I can take picture and have them automatically put in my dropbox.  But is there a setting where I can choose which specific folder in dropbox they are to be uploaded to?

The reason for this is I am trying to share a folder with anoher person and have both our phones upload to the same folder.  Is that possible?

[Jane]

Hey @PatricF, kindly note that I moved your message under this thread, so as to keep all the relevant feedback under the same chain if that’s okay with you. While this isn’t currently an available feature, you could give this idea a small push by upvoting :ballot_box_with_ballot: its implementation. 

From there, it would be worth noting that you could share a folder with your colleague granting them “Edit” rights & you could both upload the content you wish to share. 

Thanks again for choosing Dropbox & I'm always here in case you'd like to share your thoughts or feedback; have a wonderful rest of your day ahead until we talk again!

[PatricF]

Hi Jane,

Thank you for your answer. 

I did give the other person Edit rights but she doesn't automatically upload to my shared folder.  She has to manually copy her pictures to my own camera upload folder.  

[Jane]

Thanks for clarifying @PatricF; let me reiterate my previous message a bit, as it would make matters a bit clearer! 

Kindly note that I’ve also advised proceeding with the manual upload, as the Camera Uploads folder is unique on an account & it’s not currently possible to upload to it from more than one accounts Patric. Nevertheless, feel free to hit that 👍 (thumbs up) button on the OP if you’d like to see that feature in the future, just so as to give your idea a bit more visibility. 

I hope that this makes a bit more sense, however please let me know if you have any follow-up questions! 

[MH13]

This may be a tricky question but I will do my best to explain. I have serveral folders in my Drop box account. In my account, I have my "Camera Uploads" turned on and I was curious to know if I was to leave the 'Camera Uploads" switch on if those pictures can go into a specific folder that I want them to download into. I share the drop box with several people from work and we do not want out pictures ending up in the same area, we want them to go into each of our specific folders. Any advice will help!

[Jane]

Hey @MH13, kindly note that this functionality isn’t available at the moment, however we’re gathering all the relevant requests under this discussion thus I’ve moved your post here, as it’s my understanding that you’d be interested in seeing this in the future. 

While you can currently get going with the file transfer using the (+) Button, it would also be great if you Upvoted this (👍🏽) thread, as we’re submitting the most popular Ideas for review to our team devs. 

Thanks for checking in with us & please feel free to let me know if you have any follow-up inquiries or observations!

[infinitejest]

misread the actual request as i found it via google search i dont want to upload from multiple devices just want to select the folders on my device that are uploaded.