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Petamo
Helpful | Level 6
11 months ago

Deleting copies of photo

If I delete a photo in a folder and there is a copy of it in another folder, will both be deleted?
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    11 months ago

    Hi Petamo 

    No, only the one you delete will be removed. There isnt a link to files elsewhere. 

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Petamo
Helpful | Level 6

Thanks Mark…just double checking…that means that the second photo that is the same in another folder in Dropbox is safe???

I am struggling at present sorting my folders…so many…and so many double…even triples of the same photo…to coin a phrase, it is ‘doing my head in’!!!!!

 

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Mark
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11 months ago

Yes they are safe. 

Dropbox has no link, at all, to files or folders in other locations. 

 

If you want to test it just delete one and go check 🙂

  • Petamo's avatar
    Petamo
    Helpful | Level 6
    11 months ago

    Sorry…sigh…within the same Dropbox account????

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
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      11 months ago
      Petamo wrote:

      Sorry…sigh…within the same Dropbox account????

      Correct. If you have the same file in multiple folders in your Dropbox account, those are each a separate file. Deleting one will not delete the other.

      • Petamo's avatar
        Petamo
        Helpful | Level 6
        11 months ago

        Thank you….final question for at least tonight…I have been scanning old photos using the Epson FastFoto…they save to Dropbox but not just in the folder that I create, they also come up in Photos…is that normal?? This means when I open Photos, they are all there amongst other photos that I have taken!!

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