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Edward N.3
New member | Level 1
6 months ago

Moving files out of Dropbox defaults to copy except inside Dropbox

When I move files out of Dropbox to another folder on my computer, they are only copied, but not moved. When I move files between Dropbox folders, they do move.

I am using Windows 10. This is a recent development, not sure if related to Windows update.

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    6 months ago
    Edward N.3 wrote:

    When I move files out of Dropbox to another folder on my computer, they are only copied, but not moved.

    Microsoft changed the default behavior when dragging files from a root sync folder. The default is now Copy instead of Move. You can force a move by holding the Shift key when dragging a file or folder.

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