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ktal's avatar
ktal
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Accidentally copied my whole Dropbox and now can't delete

I accidentally copied over my Dropbox folder onto a new external drive, and now, no matter what I do, I can't delete it.  I've even set a new location for my Dropbox, in an attempt to disconnect it f...
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Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey ktal, thanks for joining our Community.

 

Can you give me some more info as to why you're not able to delete the copy of the Dropbox folder?

 

Are you getting some kind of error message?

 

Is the copy within your original Dropbox folder?

 

Any additional info on the issue, would be really helpful.

 

Cheers!

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