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Ylva lost info
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

I deleted photos from my desktop app and they also got deleted from the web. Can I recover them?

Hello, I think I have made a huge mistake. My knowledge of computers is limited. Is there anything I can do?  Sometimes I use software on my computer that take a lot of memory. So I deleted a lot o...
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seanjohnny
New member | Level 1
10 months ago

what i don't understand though is why can't i clear them off my computer to free up space.  why did they delete in the cloud

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    Walter
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    10 months ago

    If you're using the Dropbox desktop app to do this, you can use selective sync to free up some hard drive space on your computer without deleting your files seanjohnny    

    Have you tried that instead of deleting your files from within your Dropbox folder? 

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