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Windows 10 - Accidentally Clicked Make Available Offline for 700 GB drive.... How to stop sync?
I was trying to access the folder in a new window and stutter clicked on the context menu and clicked "Make Available Offline" for a drive that's 700 GB of design files.. Aside from quitting the app...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi Travis_JP, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
In general, it should stop syncing to make the files online-only again.
Are you still experiencing this issue on your device?
Hi Jay- I am also having this issue- I accidentally hit the download/cloud icon in my mac finder- and now it's downloading a massive amount of unwanted files to my computer- it's going to freeze my machine and make DB inoperable for hours. Is there no way to stop this download in it's tracks? I have no interest in ALL of the files in that folder being online only- so that isn't a great solution for me either- this was a massive folder containing subfolders and certain things I need immediate access to- and some i wanted stored online. It's 2 years past this post- has this issue been addressed? If not, my day is F#$! Thanks
- Megan
Hi Stephen P.32, thanks for posting here today!
Have you tried changing the folder back to online-only? Can you give it a go, and let me know how it goes?
In general, we suggest that you allow for the content to sync, and then change them back to how they were, but quitting the app and resuming it might do the trick.
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there!
Hi Megan- yes and yes- but both of those suggestions create problems:
- changing whole folder to online only negates the custom setup I had to all the subfolders and sub-sub folders within.
-allowing all to sync first will freeze my computer- as the folder is massive.
I think there should be a way to simply stop the download to the device- this would not need to change any syncing in cloud- simply what is being pushed onto a given device. We should have full control over that feature- otherwise Dropbox has the capacity to hijack user's device.
- Megan
Hi Stephen P.32, I definitely see what you mean, and your points are definitely valid.
Your feedback regarding our Dropbox desktop application has been very valuable and I will endeavor to make sure your voice is heard.
I will pass on your comments to the relevant departments so that we can further improve our product!
