Which file types appear in Photos?
You can use Photos on Dropbox to view, access, and organize your photos and videos. Learn how toupload 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)
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:
- Log in to dropbox.com.
- Click Photos in the left sidebar.
- To find starred photos and videos, click Starred.
- 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.
To group photos:
- Open the Dropbox app.
- Tap Photos at the bottom.
- 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.
Note: You can use more than one filter, so that your starred photos appear by date.
To group photos:
- Open the Dropbox app.
- Tap Photos at the bottom.
- 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:
- Open the Dropbox mobile app.
- Tap Photos at the bottom.
- Tap the photo where you’d like to change the date.
- Tap the info icon (circle with a lowercase “i”) at the bottom left.
- Tap the edit icon (pencil) next to Time.
- Choose the correct date and time.
- Tap Save.
