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James_Echelon
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Cannot delete a file, as it keeps coming back

no matter what I do.... whether I delete it from Dropbox online, from my Mac, from my NAS, or all three, dropbox refuses to delete a word file. I have checked the Get Info... permissions are fine, it just keeps reappearing, and therefore I cannot delete the entire folder. any ideas?

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  • maher1982's avatar
    maher1982
    Icon for Super User rankSuper User
    2 years ago

    Hi, a small question, Is it a shared file? Are you the owner of the file you want to delete?

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