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Lucylu91's avatar
Lucylu91
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

How do I delete my PC Desktop in Dropbox?

How do I delete my PC Desktop in Dropbox? I am not sure how I added it and now I can't undo it? Does anyone know how to unsync? 
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    4 years ago

    Hi Lucylu91,

    Seems you have activated "Dropbox Backup" feature unintentionally. That's the issue! To turn the feature off, take a look on "Turn off computer backup" section in referred topic (follow the link). On step 6 choose "Keep content in folders on this PC/Mac", not "Leave content in Dropbox".

    Hope this helps.

vadimidasilva's avatar
vadimidasilva
Helpful | Level 6
I went thru all of this mate...
All could be avoided if from started I did not tick the box "backup your pc into Dropbox"
You should definitely keep this box ticked off.
Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
3 years ago
vadimidasilva wrote:
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You should definitely keep this box ticked off.

I agree... 😉 And not only... The same could be said for all "features" released in beta stage within stable release (or maybe with bugs into their design).

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