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newtonprints
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

What happens when I delete files and folders?

Hi, I have a lot of files and folders on backed up on 2 computers. If I delete a folder on one computer, will it still be both in the cloud and on the other computer? I need to free up some hard driv...
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Jay
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3 years ago

The files will still appear in Explorer, but they won't take up any space on your device.

 

What Dropbox options do you see when you right click a file or folder in the Dropbox folder?

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newtonprints
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

OK now when I right click I no longer have an option to choose between online only or view offline, why would this have gone away? It was there yesterday and was able to do it to some folders.

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