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PDon
New member | Level 2
4 years ago
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I want to delete the 'Mac' folder from my Dropbox

I unintentionally inserted a folder on the dropbox to be synchronized and I would like to stop the synchronization and delete it, but it does not allow me, the only folder that does not allow me. The...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    4 years ago
    Could you have a look at the devices page to ensure that another desktop device isn't connected to your account?
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Graybell
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

I used the sync preferences to stop syncing my desktop folder to Dropbox, but the desktop folder is still located on dropbox cloud and NOT on my mac. All I see on my mac is an alias for the desktop. I don't want to keep my desktop folder on my mac, not on dropbox, because dropbox can't keep track correctly. Dropbox duplicates my desktop folder so there are two now, and it's never clear which is which? Do I have to completely disinstall dropbox and start all over or what? 

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    Megan
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    4 years ago

    Hey Graybell, thanks for posting on our Community and sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

     

    Could you please confirm that you've followed these steps to disable computer backup? If you did, what option did you choose? Was it to "Keep content in folders on you Mac" or "Leave content in Dropbox"?
     

    Let me know more!

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