How to Turn Off the Camera Upload on Dropbox on iPhone or iPad

This wikiHow teaches you how to stop automatically uploading photos from your iPhone or iPad to Dropbox's “Camera Uploads” folder.

Steps

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    Open Dropbox on your iPhone or iPad. It’s the blue open box icon typically found on the home screen.
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    Tap the gear. It’s at the top-left corner of Dropbox.
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    Tap Camera Uploads.
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    Slide the “Camera Uploads” switch to
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    .     As long as this switch is off (white/gray), your photos will not automatically back up to Dropbox’s “Camera Uploads” folder.

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Nicole Levine, MFA
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This article was written by Nicole Levine, MFA. Nicole Levine is a Technology Writer and Editor for wikiHow. She has more than 20 years of experience creating technical documentation and leading support teams at major web hosting and software companies. Nicole also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University and teaches composition, fiction-writing, and zine-making at various institutions. This article has been viewed 3,017 times.
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Article SummaryX

1. Open Dropbox.
2. Tap the gear.
3. Tap Camera Uploads.
4. Slide the “Camera Uploads” switch to the Off position.

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