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ckr
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3 years ago

How to delete files that are waiting to be synced?

I had to pause sync because there are files I dont wont sync. How do I delete those files shown as "waiting to sync"?
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Rich's avatar
Rich
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3 years ago
ckr wrote:

I had to pause sync because there are files I dont wont sync. How do I delete those files shown as "waiting to sync"?

If a file is in your Dropbox folder, it's going to sync. If you don't want it to sync, move the file out of your Dropbox folder to another location on your computer.

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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey ckr sorry to jump in, but I just wanted to mention that you should be able to move the files out of your Dropbox folder as you would from any other folder on your computer. 

 

Also, if you'd like to pause syncing, you can follow these steps. 

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