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Dropbox Backup automatically creates folders under folders under folders ad infinitum
On my Macbook I once asked Dropbox to do backup of my Documents folder. What it did was to create a folder called "My files in Dropbox" and put all of my files under this folder. But under My files i...
Hello Nancy,
If I understood well, in this scenario:
- folder AA and files BB.doc are connected to Dropbox backup, with sync on
- I created in my Dropbox account one folder called Laptop 2024
- I uploaded the folder AA and file BB.doc into the folder Dropbox Laptop 2024
- I deleted the folder AA and file BB.doc from my local C drive
in this case, will Dropbox delete folder AA and file BB.doc from the folder Dropbox Laptop 2024?
Please answer a Yes or No to this scenario.
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIn short, no it shouldn’t.
In this scenario, you’re basically having two copies of the same files on Dropbox; one in the original backup folder and a copy that you create later on within your local Dropbox folder (inside the “Laptop 2024 folder”).
If you delete the AA folder and BB.doc from the original backup location, this shouldn't affect the copy you have in “Laptop 2024” within your Dropbox folder (since these are two separate copies).
Hope this clarifies things a bit more.
