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ryanrud
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5 years ago
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Notification when copying files to my external drive

Dear Community, I'm in a group and share a few files with my team but I'm not the admin. I would like to copy some files from Dropbox desktop to my exernal drive. Do the admin get notified when I...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    5 years ago

    If you just copy and paste them then no they wont be informed. 

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Jay
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5 years ago
Hi ryanrud, thanks for posting on the Community!

If you have files synced to your computer, and are visible in your Dropbox folder, then copying those files to another drive wouldn't be detected by Dropbox.

This means that the team admin wouldn't be aware of the download either.

If you need any more details, feel free to message back!
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Ash9352
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
Hi Jay

Could u answer me;( I urgently need your knowledge thank
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    Walter
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    3 years ago

    Hey Ash9352, can you clarify if you're using personal accounts or if you were referring to a team account with team members and team admin(s)?

     

    Just note that changing the sync status wouldn't notify the admin anyhow though. 

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      Ash9352
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago
      Walter
      I appreciate ur response
      I am a team member, using dropbox account, and business admin is someone else
      Not personal account
      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
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        3 years ago

        Hey again, Ash9352. 

         

        In this case, your team admin shouldn’t be notified if you switch the syncing status of your Dropbox files from online-only to available offline, so you don’t need to worry about that. 

         

        If there’s something else you need though, give us a nudge!

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