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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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Megan
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4 years ago
Hi kfast, let's see what we can do here! 

It seems you're talking about our computer backup feature. 

The steps to disable it can be found right here. 

Once you do so, your files and folders should be able to be moved back to their original paths once you do so. 

If you want to uninstall the app in the future, you should be able to achieve that. 

Let me know if you have any questions.
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kfast
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

And, the folders that are showing synced now, which are two, are empty, so there's no way I can have too much on Dropbox.

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