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mahdidolphin
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

lost access to desktop folder (Dropbox Backup folder) after deleting dropbox

Hi I used to have Desktop as my Dropbox backup folder. After deleting Dropbox, I cannot access my Dropbox folder or undo choosing desktop as a backup folder. Even after reinstalling Dropbox, I canno...
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mahdidolphin
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi, 

 

Thank you for your reply and happy new year!

I’m using Mac OS. When reinstalling Dropbox and go to backup I do not see Desktop selected as back up. It appears that when I reinstall I cannot access or change the previous setting (before I deleted the Dropbox app).

 

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Nancy
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2 years ago

Happy New Year from me as well, mahdidolphin! 

 

If you go here, can you see a backup of your Desktop folder? Please send over a screenshot of what you see on that page.

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