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bferney 's avatar
bferney
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

How can I move my local Dropbox folder to my external drive?

I've looked through the various posts and do not see anything that is specifically addressing how to do this.  Right now, my Dropbox file is synced to my desktop so that files are visible either th...
desktop
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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10 months ago

Hey bferney ​- thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to the Community!

Can you try these steps to do this and let me know how it goes?

Thanks!

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