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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 ...
- 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.
Those instruction are for setup and enabling DropBox backup. The question is how to disable Dropbox Backup. I am also using Time Machine and read that this is incompatible with Dropbox Backup, so I just want to completely disable the DropBox Backup function.
Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffDONUSA, the Help Center article Hannah linked above is indeed to delete/disable the Dropbox Backup feature.
Can you clarify if you’re having trouble with any of the steps, so that I can further help?
I got it sorted, thanks. The way to disable backups is unnecessarily confusing. If I click on a drive to enable it, I should just be able to disable it. I can only pause it. Thanks to Google is discovered how, but it seems to be intentionally unintuitive. Just look at how many people are asking how to do it and you have to know there is something poorly designed.
