I can't locate a video downloaded to my Android phone in order to upload it to the Dropbox app

Question

I want to copy a video from Android 16 to DropBox.  I made the video using my prior Android 10 camera, and the file was transferred to my Android 16.  I know the video is there because Google One shows it as a large file it wants to delete.  BUT DropBox doesn't show the video when  I try to + (add files).  That is, I don't see it listed as a Recent file, or Recent/Videos, or Videos, or Images/Videocapture, or Download/Videos, and on and on.  And I don't use any of the "drives."   ///

So I'm thinking perhaps it's hiding somewhere else, and I could copy it to a location that DropBox would see.  But: (a) When Google One lists it, it doesn't provide location information.  I just see the thumbnail so I can delete the file. (b) I don't see it in My Files, Google Files, Google Photos.  ( c) I just added Total Commander and did a search on *.mp? and *.mp4, and don't find it.  ///

Do you have any clues about how I could find this video and copy it to DropBox?

Hannah · Answer

Hey @DropDown, thanks for your post!

This looks like it's more on the Android side rather than the Dropbox side of things.

Have you tried plugging your phone in to a computer, to see if you can locate the video file that way?

If you can't, I'd definitely advise that you search online to try and find more info on where the downloaded video might have ended up.

Since you have a Google One subscription, it might be worth checking whether it's actually saved somewhere locally, or somewhere in Google Drive, for example.

Let me know what you find!