Photos: An overview

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

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)

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

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

How to modify or share your photos

To manage a single photo:

  • Hover over the photo and click “…” (ellipsis) in the top-right corner of the photo.

To manage multiple photos:

  • Click the check box in the top-left corner of each photo you’d like to manage.
  • Click Download or Copy at the top of the screen. You can also click the “…” (ellipsis) to download, copy, or delete all the items you’ve selected.

How to filter your photos

  1. To find starred photos and videos, click Starred.
  2. To sort your photos and videos by date, click Years, Months, or Days
    • To quickly access photos by date, you can click the timeline on the right side of the page.

How to find your 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.

How to modify or share your photos

To manage a single photo:

  • Select the photo you’d like to manage.
  • Tap the “” (vertical ellipsis) in the top-right corner.

To manage multiple photos:

  • Tap the checkbox in the top-right corner.
  • Select the photos you’d like to manage.
  • Tap the download (down arrow), copy link (chain), or delete (trash can) icons at the top of the screen.

How to filter your photos

  1. Open the Dropbox app.
  2. Tap Photos at the bottom.
  3. Tap the checkbox in the top-right corner.
    • To group your items by date, tap Days, Months, or Years.
    • To view only your starred photos and videos, tap Starred.

Note: You can use more than one filter, so that your starred photos appear by date.

How to find your photos

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

How to modify or share your photos

To manage a single photo:

  • Select the photo you’d like to manage.
  • Tap the “…” (ellipsis) in the top-right corner.

To manage multiple photos:

  • Tap the checkbox in the top-right corner.
  • Select the photos you’d like to manage.
  • Tap Delete, Export, or Copy link at the bottom of the screen.

How to change the date on your photos

  1. Open the Dropbox 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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