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Moritz K
5 years agoExplorer | Level 3
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?
Carol G.1
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi. I have only been on the computer for a short time since we last communicated, so didn't read your message until now. I have the screenshot you wanted but it's late and I'll have to contact you tomorrow. I was poking around and saw the manage backups link, so I clicked it and the Mac backup was listed there with a delete option. I decided I had to try it and I clicked delete. When I looked at my desktop all the things that had disappeared were back. And Mac isn't in my Dropbox folder. So maybe I fixed It?. I have no idea how the backup started in the first place so I'd like to prevent it from automatically starting up again.
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoHI Carol G.1, the Dropbox Backup feature has to be enabled by the user, so it's possible you enabled it during the first installation of the Dropbox desktop application.
Provided you don't enable it in the desktop app settings, it won't become enabled by default.
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