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jamdalla
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3 years ago
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Turn automated file deletion into "Make online-only" by default

Hello,   I use security cameras for research. The cameras are set up to save video recordings directly onto a PC (Windows 11) on the same local network. The folder where videos are saved is insid...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    Hey there jamdalla, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to the Community!
     

    I'm afraid this is not possible at this time with Dropbox. You'd need to manually set those files to be online only when needed to free up hard drive space on your computer(s). 

     

    I'll leave this thread open in case there's a user who can offer something else or a walk-around etc. 

     

    I hope this helps!

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Rich
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3 years ago
jamdalla wrote:

I would like to configure Dropbox to instead treat this automated deletion the same as if I used the "Make online-only" option on desktop ... Is this possible?

No, that's not possible. Dropbox doesn't have an option to change the behavior of deleted files, and there's no way to programmatically set files online or offline.

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