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blue_skies
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
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I accidentally synced my desktop folder into my Dropbox folder

Hello.  I have used a synced Dropbox folder for years on my Windows 7 computer.  Today, when moving files on my desktop, I accidentally synced my Desktop to Dropbox.  I'm not even sure how it happene...
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    Lusil
    7 years ago
    Thanks for the detailed post here, blue_skies, and glad to hear that you were able to resolve your concern in the end. 
     
    As for the notification prompt you mention, I’d be more than happy to pass your comments along to the dev team for future review. :nerd:
     
    In the meantime, if you have any other questions or ideas for us, don’t hesitate to give us a shout. Have a wonderful day ahead! 
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blue_skies
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Hmm... okay.  It looks like I misunderstood what Selective Sync means.  I thought it would remove it from the list of folders that sync to Dropbox, but it actually deleted anything stored locally... which I guess is why that one document disappeared.  (I thought it was from deleted the folder on the Dropbox website.)

The Desktop folder is no longer listed when I look under Selective Sync.

It is also gone from the list on the Dropbox website.

But the grey circle with a dash is still on all the desktop documents.  I would like to know how to get rid of that, still.

Thank you!

 

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