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Sharon4470
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Does 'delete everywhere' mean that if I delete a file, it will get deleted for other people too?

Still getting use to using Dropbox, so hopefully not to much of a silly question. When I go to delete a "on-line file only" to save hard drive space, it states 'delete everywhere' does this mean the ...
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    Rich
    3 years ago
    @Sharon4470 wrote:

    When I go to delete a "on-line file only" to save hard drive space, it states 'delete everywhere' does this mean the file can no longer be opened/viewed to the person I have previously sent it to?

    It just means that if you delete the file from your Dropbox, it will be deleted from your account and from any other device your account syncs to. It won't delete it for anyone you've sent it to, but it will delete it for other people if you're deleting it from a shared folder that has other members.

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Rich
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3 years ago
@Sharon4470 wrote:

When I go to delete a "on-line file only" to save hard drive space, it states 'delete everywhere' does this mean the file can no longer be opened/viewed to the person I have previously sent it to?

It just means that if you delete the file from your Dropbox, it will be deleted from your account and from any other device your account syncs to. It won't delete it for anyone you've sent it to, but it will delete it for other people if you're deleting it from a shared folder that has other members.

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Sharon4470
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Thanks soo much for reply. You have solved my issue.

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