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Lost files when I deleted local data
I uploaded my work data to dropbox in the past, but now I deleted it when I was organizing local data, but I didn’t operate dropbox to delete it. What’s the reason why the files were deleted at the ...
If the Dropbox desktop application is running and syncing normally, then any files in the Dropbox folder, or in other folders monitored using the Dropbox Backup feature, would be deleted from the site when they are deleted from Finder.
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIf the Dropbox desktop application is running and syncing normally, then any files in the Dropbox folder, or in other folders monitored using the Dropbox Backup feature, would be deleted from the site when they are deleted from Finder.
So I just need to adjust the settings so that files will not be deleted at the same time again in the future?
- Jay
There aren't really any settings to adjust basically. If a file in located and deleted from the Dropbox folder, then they will also be deleted from the site when the desktop app syncs the changes.
Could you clarify exactly what you're trying to achieve? Do you want deleted files in your Dropbox folder to not be deleted from the site?
- I just want that when I delete a file on Finder, the same file on dropbox is not deleted simultaneously.
- Hannah
Hey Eleven01, if you delete a file from your Dropbox folder in Finder or you delete a file from a desktop folder that you're backed up to Dropbox with our Backup feature, then that deletion will sync to your Dropbox account, as long as the Dropbox application is running on your computer.
If you wish to keep using the Dropbox app, to sync files to your Dropbox, then there's no way to stop the deletions from syncing.
Otherwise, you can unlink (sign out) the computer from your Dropbox, stop using the Dropbox app and only use Dropbox from the website.
That way, when you delete a file from the Dropbox folder in Finder, the deletion won't sync to your Dropbox account.
I hope this clarifies things!
