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EnzoDeCastro
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Folders I've removed with selective sync are still syncing on my computer

I have recently enabled Selective Syncing in Dropbox and only selected a couple of folders for me to see them on my PC, after selecting them. The rest of the folders that I didn't synchronize, synchronized for some reason. I have tried reinstalling a couple of times, deleting the folders etc., but it would still synchronize most if not all folders for some unknown reason. It just suddenly doing this a few days ago after I saw two folders from my organization synchronize to my folders even though I unselected them in Selective Syncing, they were still there.

+ There are no error prompts on my Dropbox activity or notification, and shows that everything is 'Up to date'. Please help, this issue has taken a huge storage space from the folders I didnt sync.

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