How to Upload Videos From Your Phone to Dropbox

For nearly people, recording a video on their phone is the easiest and quickest manner to create video content – just video files tin exist big, and you may accept problem emailing or sending the video from your phone to where you want it to become.

There are a few solutions to solving this large file size problem – 1 simple manner is to upload your video to Dropbox via the Dropbox app on your phone then forward the link to the video via email or text for someone else to download directly.

We've put a few like shooting fish in a barrel-to-follow steps together to help you lot upload your videos to Dropbox and ship someone a link.

Stride 1:

Record your video on your telephone using the camera settings. Next you want to upload it to Dropbox.

If you don't already have information technology on your phone, download the Dropbox app onto your phone. You can notice the app by searching in the app store.

Step 2:

Open the app and sign in, if you don't have an business relationship follow the prompts to create one.

Step 3:

In one case y'all've got your Dropbox account created and you're logged in y'all desire to create a folder that you can share with other people – this is the folder you'll upload your video. Click on the plus '+' symbol at the bottom of the screen – a pop up menu will announced – click 'Create Folder'.

Step 4:

By default your new binder volition be called New Folder – if you lot'd like to alter information technology, click on 'Folder Name' – this volition take you lot to a screen where you lot tin can name your binder. For this exercise we named our binder 'Video Files'.

Step 5:

Now you need to click 'Choose a Binder' to pick where you'd like this folder to exist saved on your Dropbox – you can save the folder in your main Dropbox desktop or as a sub-binder within another file. One time you've selected the folder location hitting the 'Create' push at the superlative right of the screen and your new folder will be created.

Footstep six:

Now it'south fourth dimension to upload the video you've already recorded into the folder you've only fabricated. Select 'Upload Photos' on the bill of fare that appears within your new binder.

Footstep seven:

In your phone video/photo library select the video or videos you'd like to upload. In one case you've selected information technology click 'Next' on the top correct of the screen.

Step eight:

You lot'll see the file proper noun will have your video listed there and the upload location will be the folder y'all've only created. At present click 'Upload' and wait every bit the video file uploads. This may accept awhile depending on the size of your video and your internet speed. You'll notice a loading icon volition show upwards on the video and so you tin see how fast the upload is progressing.

Step 9:

When the video has finished uploading click the iii dots in the top right of the screen, a bill of fare volition appear – you desire to select 'Re-create Link' if yous'd like to send the link of your binder to someone. You tin can too invite people to join your folder but in this case we're going to select 'Copy Link'.

Step 10:

One time you've copied the link your phone may give yous sending options such as email, messages, social media etc – if not yous tin open the app y'all'd like to use to send the link through and paste it. Otherwise, in this case, we're going to select 'e-mail' and when we practise the electronic mail automatically populates with our link ready to send.

Pace eleven:

Enter the electronic mail address yous'd like to send your e-mail to and click the send arrow or button.

You've now uploaded a video from your phone onto Dropbox and created a link then the person you've sent it to can at present play or download the video you've created.

If you need any assistance getting your videos from your telephone onto Dropbox please contact us and we'll requite you a helping hand.

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