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timq
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago
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How can I cancel my computer backup?

I apparently selected pc backup when I installed Dropbox and naturally I'm out of storage on my Dropbox account now.  I don't want and have no need to have my pc backed up to it.  I have the desktop ...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    4 years ago
    Hey timq, welcome aboard our Community!

    Indeed, with computer backup, if you delete your desktop files from Dropbox, they will also be deleted from your computer. 

    If you want to disable the backup feature, you can follow the steps here.

    You'll find the Dropbox app's preferences, if you click on the Dropbox icon in your system tray.

    Let me know if you have any questions.
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Walter
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hey Mariia Simonsen, could you have a look at your backups page and let us know if you're able to delete or disable your backups from there? 

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Another Fed Up User
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I have a similar problem.  A while ago I created a backup of my Windows 10 C-drive folders Pictures and  Documents.  Now I want to stop that backup happening so I stopped sync, deleted the backup, (that is, disabled it).  When I resume syncing it announces that it has almost 200,000 files to sync which will take over 2 days.  I have removed the folder for the C drive from the Dropbox folder also.  And renamed at least one of the very large folders of files (for Lightroom) on the C drive.  Still it tries to attempt to sync a disabled backup.  What can I do?

  • Another Fed Up User's avatar
    Another Fed Up User
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    When I removed the folder for the C-drive (using Windows File explorer) from the Dropbox folder, did that stop the massive syncing/backup of the C-drive?  I seems to have ceased doing that now.  Read something about that under the Help for Selective Sync.

     

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      2 years ago

      Hey there Another Fed Up User - sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

       

      Could you please clarify  you're referring to folders you've copied or moved to your Dropbox folder and had syncing on your computer or ones that you had backed up to Dropbox using the Dropbox Backup feature?

       

      Do you see your backups on your account online normally in your homepage or in the backups page' perhaps?

      • Another Fed Up User's avatar
        Another Fed Up User
        New member | Level 2
        2 years ago

        It is backups that I'm having trouble with.  Possibly the word "syncing" isn't used for that.  

         

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