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baje3000
New member | Level 1
12 months ago

Backup

Sir/Madam I am a very worried Dropbox user after 20 years. I have two computers in case one goes faulty.  I downloaded one document unto computer number 1In a different location I switched to compu...
Dropbox Backup
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Mark
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12 months ago

Hi 

Unfortunately this isnt how Backup works. It doesn't create commonality between folders on different devices, that isn't something Dropbox has ever done. It simply moves things in to the \Dropbox directory to sync them. 

You can follow https://help.dropbox.com/organize/dropbox-backup to stop backing up your folders, however, you will probably need to manually put the files back where you want them.

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