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Moritz K
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Accidentally synced all my computer files to Dropbox

Please HELP me...   Im new to dropbox and have accidentally upload (synced) all my datas. Now my porgramms cant find the path of the folders. Is there a posibility to get my Data back on my PC?
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Hannah
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5 years ago
Hey Moritz K, thanks for joining us on the Dropbox Community.

It seems you have enabled our computer backup feature on your Dropbox application. 

You can disable it and move your files back to their original locations, by following the steps here.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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