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lilbeedee
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

I'm having trouble deleting photos from my account

I have googled for how to delete photos in Dropbox, but the answer that comes back is to click on the ellipsis, the 3 dots, in the upper right corner - but there is none there. There is no menu to delete anywhere, and I know to be on the Timeline view, and not the Preview. 

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    7 years ago
    lilbeedee wrote:

    The page SAYS I'm in the Timeline...

    Do you mean the Photos page? If so, that's the problem. You can't delete from the Photos page. You can only delete from the Files view.

    If you can't find a photo in the FIles view or don't know where it is, when you're on the Photos page you can click the ellipsis and select Show in folder. That will take you to the photo in the actual folder where it resides, and you can delete it from there.

  • atccodex's avatar
    atccodex
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    7 years ago

    Hey lilbeedee,

     

    So you can't delete from the Preview, you have to do it in the "Timeline" view as you say from the Web Client.

    • lilbeedee's avatar
      lilbeedee
      Helpful | Level 5
      7 years ago

      Well yes that's what I said...that there is NO option to delete FROM THE TIMELINE VIEW. That is what I need help with.  Thanks!

      • atccodex's avatar
        atccodex
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        7 years ago

        Hey lilbeedee

         

        Take a look at my screenshot below:

        You should see the delete option there after you click the 3 dots.

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