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futandrew
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5 years ago

Can't delete a file called vault.dbx-vault

Can't delete a file called vault.dbx-vault This just appeared for no reason, and I cannot delete it. This is under the root folder. 
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5 years ago
futandrew wrote:

Can't delete a file called vault.dbx-vault

This just appeared for no reason, and I cannot delete it. This is under the root folder. 

That file is required by the Dropbox Vault feature and it cannot be deleted.

 

 

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futandrew
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5 years ago

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I understand it's a feature. However, there are two vault files on my list. I want to delete one of them. The one that has the file name "vault.dbx-vault" cannot be opened or deleted.

 

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