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How do I stop Dropbox from uploading every single picture on my PC?

I use Dropbox on my computer to backup my work files which include my 3D renders that consist in a png sequence (one image per frame at 30 or 60fps), so I have thousands of png images related to renders but dropbox automatically adds them to the camera uploads in my phone app which is extremely annoying because I need to scroll down thousands of images to see my actual photos... if I delete them it deletes my render backup as well, it does the same thing for textures, which makes my photo roll unusable.

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Jay

Hi @william c.52, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Could you clarify how and where you're saving these 3D renders?

Are they created on your phone first, and then imported onto the computer? Are they being saved into a folder in your Dropbox folder directly?

This will help me to assist further!

william c.52

No, The problem is that its adding ALL images found in backed up folders from my computer, to the camera roll backup. So if I look for actual photos in the mobile app "Photo Tab" I see thousands of renders and icon packs or textures mixed with my actual photos.

As you can see these are icons and images found in my computer backup folders, they shouldn't mix with my actual camera uploads but Dropbox somehow thinks it's a good idea.

Dropbox shouldn't add EVERY SINGLE jpg/png found on my computer to the Photo tab.

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Jay

Okay, so just to clarify, you're saving the images in a folder which is in your Dropbox folder, and as such, the images appear on the Photos tab on the site and mobile app, is that correct?

Rich

william c.52 wrote:
Dropbox shouldn't add EVERY SINGLE jpg/png found on my computer to the Photo tab.

But that's exactly what it does. The Photos page shows every image, not just photos, from ALL folders within your Dropbox account. It has no way to determine what is a photo and what is an icon, texture, etc.

There used to be a way that you could tell it to ignore certain folders so they wouldn't appear on the Photos page, but that was removed years ago.

william c.52

Yes

william c.52

That's really annoying, I know it has no way of knowing what is a texture or icon but I wish there was an option that images in certain folders are NOT added to the same location my actual photos are, or at least to not mix my camera roll with computer pngs... I guess most people don't have thousands of images like me.

Magdalena7

Hi, I wonder if you resolved this issue? I have the same problem that my "work" jpgs are added together with my mobile phone photos into the Dropbox Photos. The "work" jpgs are in separate folders in Dropbox, not on my phone. Is there a way to stop this?

Megan

Hi @Magdalena7, thanks for posting here!

As @Rich mentioned earlier in this thread, all uploaded files larger than 15 KB will show up in your Photos tab.

You can always group or filter them, but not specifically exclude content.

If you have any other questions, I'm here!