Rich Super User II

@"Fortunate123" wrote:I do not want Dropbox to backup my photos. What do I need to do in my settings to get Dropbox to stop? Turn off the Camera Uploads feature. * https://help.dropbox.com/create-upload/camera-uploads-overview

@"ashishdhage" wrote:So now how do I sync 6+6 folders from both the drives to dropbox without moving anything. You can't. Dropbox will only sync files that are located in the Dropbox folder. You can use the Backup feature to backup other external drives, but you can't sync specific folders outside of the Dropbox folder.

@"XLRotor" wrote:I reckon sometime in 2022 one of the coders at Dropbox realized that colons were a bad idea. The format has been the same since the feature was introduced. Camera Uploads from 2009 Camera Uploads from 2023

@"XLRotor" wrote:Dropbox evidently names and/or renames them when uploading. Dropbox does rename photos and videos when using the Camera Uploads process, but it doesn't use colons. The format used by Camera Uploads is YYYY-MM-DD hh.mm.ss.jpg. If your files have colons in the name, something else is causing it.

@"bigbartabs" wrote:How do I get the same DropBox folders into the File Explorer on my 3rd laptop... as they are on my other 2 laptops? Just install the Dropbox application and sign in with the same account you're using on the other two computers. A Dropbox folder will be created and your files will start to sync.

@"taskman" wrote: Dropbox says I am using almost 2GB of space in shared files. I don't know where they are or what they are. How do I find them and delete them? If you just delete the files you'll delete them for all the members of the share as well. Instead, you want to remove the share from your account. You can see all…

@"mbk34" wrote:It didn't ask if I had an existing drive and folder (E://dropbox) but immediately installed itself onto my C: drive. That option is available during install, usually under Advance Options just after you sign in. Surely it should know where it was installed previously? How? You're reinstalling or relinking.…

@"pannonica" wrote:Can every member within my project, that has received the File Request Link, access and download all the files and subfolders contained in the File Request link that other members (or myself) uploaded to the File Request folder? No. Sorry, I missed that requirement in your original post. You could create…

@"pannonica" wrote:I'm currently using dropbox Professional and I'd like to provide a folder for external creatives that send me their work. * https://help.dropbox.com/share/create-file-request

@"johnni88" wrote:I was using the dropbox app when i did a mass delete of thousands of photos. If you delete any file within the Dropbox, you're deleting it from your account online. maybe i could take a photo, let it upload to dropbox photos, save that photo on dropbox ... If you're thinking of that as two different…

@"johnni88" wrote:my camera roll backs up to dropbox photos. That's an upload only. Deleting a file there won't delete it from Dropbox. Likewise, deleting a file in Dropbox won't delete it from your Camera Roll. I am wondering if the photos i deleted from my dropbox photos removed them from my Dropbox account folders?…

@"ulfthai" wrote:Why do they say that I have a g-mail account? But not with my files. You (or someone) must have created it. Dropbox can't just change the email on your account.

@"yaron72" wrote:i encounter a problem with my Dropbox, its shows that it's 84% full although i deleted all my Dropbox context by the WEB interface. Have you checked your Backups page?

@"johnni88" wrote:If I delete an image off my IoS phone, does that delete it from my dropbox account as well? No. Deleting a file off the camera roll on your phone won't delete the file in Dropbox. Only if you delete the file from the Dropbox app will it also be deleted from your account online. ... dropbox customer…

@"moatazsalama" wrote: My laptop was broken and I want to get my files from it , I was on Dropbox basic plan and the capacity was full can I retrieve the missed files due to full storage from my laptop if I upgrade my box to premium? If your account was full then syncing would have stopped, which means Dropbox wouldn't…

@"ulfthai" wrote:When I first created my Dropbox account long ago I used my hotmail address. When I now try to log in Dropbox says that my e-mail is xxxx@gmail. com and my files are gone. What to do? You likely have (had?) two accounts; one with your Hotmail address and the other with Gmail. When was the last time you…

@"1696031" wrote:no matter what I try dropbox keeps saying there is no internet. Something on your computer or network is blocking Dropbox. Temporarily disable any antivirus or firewall you have enabled and try again.

@"ambern1023" wrote:we have a lot of outlook emails saved in the drop box (business plan) but they are all saved as .msg is there a way to automatically convert them into a pdf with the attachments included? No, Dropbox doesn't have such a function.

@"Melonklyftan" wrote:I have a file that is bigger than what my local drive have memory left for. I would like to make that file available offline, but have it downloading to an external drive, instead of my local disc. That's not possible. You can move your entire Dropbox folder to the external drive (which is NOT…

@"Wilbert " wrote: I want to quit my account earlier installed with an emailadres Thatcher I connot reach because I dint have Thatcher device anymore. How to quit the storage and the account? If you're not able to sign in to cancel your account and the email address is no longer active, then you won't be able to sign in to…

@"Larry90" wrote: If I format the hard drive on a computer with dropbox, will the files in dropbox of other shared devices be deleted simultaneously? No, but you should uninstall Dropbox first, or disconnect the computer from your account on your Security page, just to be safe.

@"EmmaL1" wrote:During how much time a shared link is valid? (with a free account) A shared link will exist for as long as the file or folder exists, or until the link is removed manually. They don't expire.

@"JennyO" wrote:When I used to rename (process for the past 3 years prior to 2-3 weeks ago), the saved image would go into Dropbox as a JPG. However, all of a sudden all those JPS's turned to .00 files. It sounds like when you're renaming the files, you're not including a file extension. If during the rename process you're…

@"CMG94" wrote:I'm trying to login to dropbox and it wants to send a 6 digit code to my old work email address- thus I cannot get the code. How can I change the email address associated with the dropbox account? You can't without signing in to the account. Unless you have another active device already linked to the…

@"lisajanel" wrote: I went through all my files and they don't add up to 2.9 GB anyway. I don't see where that number is coming from. Anything in your Backups?

@"Sarah carrier " wrote:I am being charged on my debit card ... All accounts that I have say there is no plan linked to them ... Use the credit card lookup tool to identify the account you're being charged for.

@"pablopaul" wrote:At this present time, I can see that there is no problem moving online-only files/folders between Dropbox folders; the issue only occurs with copying online-only files/folders. To me, this makes sense and how I would expect it to work. When moving a file, you're moving it as is, in its current state from…

@"ZK3_" wrote: It would be helpful if you could let me know the password used originally by our family of 3, though I have not had the reason to look for it up to now! Dropbox cannot tell you what password you used. They wouldn't have access to it. Any company that's serious about security will store passwords in an…

@"hamfam" wrote:How do i see what is in my dropbox. And how do i dictate what dropbox tries to backup? If you have Dropbox installed on your computer then you can look in the local Dropbox folder on your computer. The only items not shown in the local folder would be any Backups or folders you've removed using Selective…

@"tonyweetman44" wrote:Why i space an issue if they are sharing files in my dropbox account? Because they aren't accessing the files in your account. They get their own copy of the files in their account and they need to have enough space available to hold those files. *…