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Rachel L.
Experienced | Level 12
6 years ago

Dropbox keeps trying to download and sync files set to online only

I had this same issue with a particular folder when I first set up my new Windows 10 laptop, but closing and restarting Dropbox seemed to fix it. (Derp.)   Today it randomly started trying to downl...
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Eldertree
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I have almost all my Dropbox files as online-only, but I notice that they slowly leak back into my hard drive until the drive fills up and has no more free space.  How can I stop this from happening, anyone?

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Hey Eldertree, thanks for letting us know about this.

     

    Do you perhaps have any third party backup services, any antivirus programs, recently used file lists, or third party applications that monitor files in general that could be looking at and downloading these files?

     

    If so, I'd suggest you test this out by temporarily disabling applications systematically, until you see that the issue is resolved.

     

    The last application that you closed when the issue no longer occurred, may be the one performing this action.

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