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Brambor's avatar
Brambor
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Deleted folders from PC are syncing to the cloud

Hi,   I am a new to dropbox and I have just joined the company that uses it as opposed to shared drives. During the initial setup far too many folders were set to sync with my laptop and I conseq...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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2 years ago

Hi again, Brambor! Out of curiosity, can you find the files you removed from the desktop app in your computer’s Recycle bin/Trash? If yes, you can try moving them back to your local Dropbox folder, while the app’s syncing is still paused, and then resume syncing again and wait till they sync to your web account.

 

Otherwise, you can log out of the Dropbox app on your computer, delete the local copy of your Dropbox folder, restore all of your files online, and then log back in to the app and let it create a new copy of the Dropbox folder with all of your content. If you just reinstall the app, and it detects there's missing content from your Dropbox folder, these files will still be removed from your www.dropbox.com.

 

Hannah's suggestion above should work just as well, though. There are many ways you can go about this.

Brambor's avatar
Brambor
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Nancy,

 

Restoring files on PC was out of scope as some were too large for a bin and deleted permanently. Allowing for the app to finish deleting was out the question too as this is a shared resource and too many users would be affected. However, removal of the app seems to work.

 

Thanks a lot.

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    2 years ago

    Glad to hear that! If you need anything else, don’t hesitate to give me a nudge.

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