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Andrea P.8's avatar
Andrea P.8
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Can I choose what folders can be accessed from different computers?

My question is very basic. I have 2 personal computers and one from my company. I have Dropbox on all 3, all sync. I don't want my personal folders to appear on my company computer, as there is a sma...
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Mark
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2 years ago

Hi Andrea P.8 

 

Yes you can stop them syncing to the device via https://help.dropbox.com/sync/selective-sync-overview. BUT note that this wouldnt, in theory, stop your employer accessing those files if they wanted to via your device. This is because if they had your device they could just go to the website and view things there that hadnt been sync'd to the machine. 

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