How Do I Stop Dropbox From Uploading Photos?

The new automated camera upload feature in Dropbox asks if you lot want to upload photos every time a device is connected. Here's how to disable the annoyance.

The Dropbox camera upload prompt pops upwardly every fourth dimension you plug a phone, camera, or other storage device into your computer. I charge my telephone using a USB cord plugged into my laptop, and no matter how many times I've unchecked "Automatically…" and told Dropbox "Never for this device," information technology still wants to pop up in my face and ask me about syncing my photos. Plenty already! I just disabled the characteristic entirely. Here'southward what you can practice to turn it off too.

Disable the Dropbox Camera Auto Upload Prompt

Correct-click the Dropbox icon from your Organization Tray and select Preferences.

In the Preferences window, click on Modify AutoPlay Settings.

This will opens upwards Windows AutoPlay settings. Scroll down to the Pictures category and then change it to Take No Activity from the drop-downward card.

When that is done, it won't pester y'all anymore with requests to sync your photos.

If y'all desire a compromise that doesn't altogether disable the feature, set Pictures to "Ask me every time," so y'all'll have the option to open the Dropbox Camera Uploader when y'all connect.

Is Dropbox Camera Upload still bugging you?

If the above fix didn't piece of work, it might be because you're running an experimental version of Dropbox. In 1 case, I had to disable the automatic sync request. I had to download Dropbox from the home page and downgrade it to the release version as the experimental build was causing bug.

You tin cheque which version you lot have by hovering your mouse over the Dropbox icon in your system tray. In this example, I take version one.4.seven installed, which isn't a stable build.

To observe out what the current version is, go to the Dropbox Release Notes page and the latest date of a Stable build is the newest version. The newest version is e'er available for download from the main Dropbox.com home folio. Although a scrap disruptive, ane.4.17 was the electric current release version at the fourth dimension of writing, and 1.4.7 was experimental.