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bookbean1
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Installed DB on a new laptop. Unintentionally synced so that the files all downloaded.

Setting up a new laptop for my wife.  I added her DB account and allowed the sync to run.   She has a 2TB account, although she is not using it all (fortunately!).  I guess I inadvertently allowed th...
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    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi bookbean1, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    You can mark files as online-only by following these steps.

     

    The icon would either be white or black depending on the theme of the Windows installation.

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi bookbean1, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

You can mark files as online-only by following these steps.

 

The icon would either be white or black depending on the theme of the Windows installation.

 

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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