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Delete files from dropbox ONLY
When I attempt to delete a file from dropbox, it wants to know if I want to delete everywhere, or look at the sync options, or cancel the delete request. I just want it out of dropbox. I want it to s...
Glad you resolved it...but with what you’re describing, I would personally just double check!! Because it sounds like if you were syncing your devices (making sure Dropbox is on and updated), and if you deleted something inside a folder that within a shared Dropbox folder, in principle if you ‘delete it everywhere’ that file should not show up on any of the devices that are syncing with that folder.
You need to have a copy of that file saved in another location outside of the Dropbox folder. If you have the file saved in another spot, then yes, Dropbox will not delete that file outside of a Dropbox folder or sub-folder!
Edit: Also if your laptop (the source of the file) is no longer using Dropbox or that particular folder is no longer syncing with Dropbox, then the files will also not be altered or deleted if you delete them from another device.
Nevermind. I tried this with a dummy file. "Delete everywhere", as scary as it sounds, doesn't mean delete the file everywhere it exists.
Glad you resolved it...but with what you’re describing, I would personally just double check!! Because it sounds like if you were syncing your devices (making sure Dropbox is on and updated), and if you deleted something inside a folder that within a shared Dropbox folder, in principle if you ‘delete it everywhere’ that file should not show up on any of the devices that are syncing with that folder.
You need to have a copy of that file saved in another location outside of the Dropbox folder. If you have the file saved in another spot, then yes, Dropbox will not delete that file outside of a Dropbox folder or sub-folder!
Edit: Also if your laptop (the source of the file) is no longer using Dropbox or that particular folder is no longer syncing with Dropbox, then the files will also not be altered or deleted if you delete them from another device.
