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dropitlikeitshot1
Helpful | Level 7
11 months ago

Moving files on my desktop to the trash deletes them immediately instead.

I am running Dropbox Backup. On MacOS, when I drag a file on my desktop to the trash, it is deleted automatically. In other words, it does not appear in the trash in case I want to recover it later. ...
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paleshadow691
New member | Level 2
21 hours ago

I have the same issue as OP (running Dropbox on Sonoma 14.7.6 on a 2021 MacBook Pro). But I want to add: if a Dropbox folder is added to the Dock, dragging a file from the folder (in the dock) to the Trash deletes the file rather than trashing it, but without the warning pop-up. Non-Dropbox folders do not exhibit the same behavior when added to the Dock. Trashing from a Finder window behaves normally.

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