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Angela I.2's avatar
Angela I.2
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

files from unsynced folders still appear on my hard drive

I have a business account and share folders with colleagues that are full of many large documents. To save space on my hard drive, I've unsynced the folders I share with them. However, I didn't do th...
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Marina V.1's avatar
Marina V.1
New member | Level 1
9 years ago

Hi, I just want to double check, once I have uninstalled dropbox from my laptop I can delete all files and folders under dropbox on my c:drive without affecting my dropbox account.  It sounds ever more clear to me as I'm typing this, but I would hate to delete all folders and then find that all files are deleted from my dropbox account.  I have upgraded my laptop and want to make sure that no files can be accessed on my old laptop.

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