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Caterina1993
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Dropbox computer backup: how to undo?

I uninstalled and reinstalled Dropbox because of some issues with syncing. In reinstalling, I thought I clicked on "no, I don't want dropbox to backup my computer" but apparently I clicked wrong be...
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    Caterina1993
    4 years ago

    Apparently I fixed it with the power of intense fiddling.

     

    Following the steps given on the website here: https://help.dropbox.com/en-en/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/computer-backup

    It wouldn't let me unsync everything per se, so I had to sync everything but one folder, go ahead until it let me set up the syncing again and unsync that folder. Weird I know, but it worked in letting me unsync. Anyways.

    After doing that, I headed to the Dropbox folder and deleted the "my computer files" file, which is basically linked to the C: module.

    If I tried to delete the whole folder it would give me a warning showing me it was deleting loads of files, but deleting just the link went smoothly and I lost no data.

    Then I was able to delete the folder "computer backup" without any warnings from my computer, and again I lost no data.

     

    Language may vary as my system isn't in English, but sharing the solution in hopes to help someone else down the line.

    Hope this helps!

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