Photos: An overview

Updated Mar 25, 2024
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Photos is only available to users on Dropbox Basic, Plus, Family, and Professional plans.

Which file types appear in Photos?

You can use Photos on Dropbox to view, access, and organize your photos and videos. Learn how to upload files to your Dropbox account.

All uploaded files larger than 15 KB with the following extensions will appear in Photos:

  • Photos (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .heic, .tif, .tiff)
  • Videos (.3gp, .3gpp, .3gpp2, .asf, .avi, .dv, .flv, .m2t, .m4v, .mov, mkv, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .mts, .oggtheora, .ogv, .rm, .ts, .vob, .wmv, .webm)
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Note: Any action you take on a photo or video in Photos will also affect that file in your Dropbox account.

How to find your photos

You can find your photos on dropbox.com and your dropbox app.

To find photos: 

  1. Log in to dropbox.com.
  2. Click Photos in the left sidebar.
    • To resize your thumbnails, click “+” (plus sign) or “-” (minus sign) above your photos.

To find photos: 

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
    • To resize your thumbnails, click the “+” (plus sign) or “-” (minus sign) above your photos.

To find photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.

How to manage or share your photos

You can manage and share single and multiple photos on dropbox.com and in your app. 

To manage or share a single photo:

  1. Log in to dropbox.com.
  2. Click Photos in the left sidebar.
  3. Hover over the photo and click “” (ellipsis) in the top-right corner of the photo.
  4. Select an action from the list that appears.

 

To manage or share multiple photos:

  1. Log in to dropbox.com.
  2. Click Photos in the left sidebar.
  3. Click the check box in the top-left corner of each photo you’d like to manage.
  4. Click Download or Copy at the top of the screen. You can also click “” (ellipsis) to download, copy, or delete all the items you’ve selected.

To manage or share a single photo:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Select the photo you’d like to manage or share.
  4. Tap the “” (vertical ellipsis) in the top-right.
  5. Select an action from the list that appears. 

 

To manage or share multiple photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the checkbox in the top-right.
  4. Select the photos you’d like to manage or share.
  5. Tap the download (down arrow), copy link (chain), or delete (trash can) icons at the top of the screen.

To manage a single photo:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Select the photo you’d like to manage.
  4. Tap the “” (ellipsis) in the top-right.
  5. Select an action from the list that appears. 

 

To share a single photo:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Select the photo you’d like to share.
  4. Tap the Share button in the bottom-right.

 

To manage multiple photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the checkbox in the top-right.
  4. Select the photos you’d like to manage.
  5. Tap “” (ellipsis) in the bottom-left.
  6. Tap Export or Delete at the bottom of the screen.

 

To share multiple photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the checkbox in the top-right.
  4. Select the photos you’d like to share.
  5. Tap the Share button in the bottom-left. 

How to filter or group your photos

On dropbox.com, you can filter photos. On the Dropbox mobile app, you can group photos by Days, Months, or Years.

To filter photos:

  1. Log in to dropbox.com.
  2. Click Photos in the left sidebar.
  3. To find starred photos and videos, click Starred.
  4. To sort your photos and videos by date, click Years, Months, or Days. Click the dropdown to the right of the toolbar and select Date.
    • To quickly access photos by date, you can click the timeline on the right side of the page.

 

Learn how to edit your photos and images in Dropbox.

To group photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the checkbox in the top-right.
    • To group your items by date, tap Days, Months, or Years.
    • To view only your starred photos and videos, tap Starred.
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Note: You can use more than one filter, so that your starred photos appear by date.

To group photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the icon with the three sliders at the top of the screen.
    • To group your items by date, tap Days, Months, or Years.

How to change the date on your photos

To change date on photos:

  1. Open the Dropbox mobile app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the photo where you’d like to change the date.
  4. Tap the info icon (circle with a lowercase “i”) at the bottom left.
  5. Tap the edit icon (pencil) next to Time.
  6. Choose the correct date and time.
  7. Tap Save.
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Note: You can only change the date on your photos on the Dropbox mobile app.

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