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cortnie1015
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Dropbox won't overwrite files with the same name any more

I neeed to know how to create it with a .1 or.2 or something to not override it if it has a name already similar. Anyone know how to do this?

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    3 years ago

    Is this via the web portal?

     

    If so there is no way of forcing it to not overwrite a file if that name already exists. 

  • cortnie1015's avatar
    cortnie1015
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    Yes in the web portal I can use the desktop bc my laptop doesn’t have enough space.. eventually I will update it but it works fine except when all the data is on there from Dropbox I hate that! I wish there was a way to turn it off!

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