We’re Still Here to Help (Even Over the Holidays!) - find out more here.
Forum Discussion
How do I stop Dropbox from auto moving files to online-only?
Last night, I accidentally caused my disk free space to go below 5GB. Dropbox decided to silently move all files to cloud and deleted all local copies, keeping just "links" (names a cloud+downward ar...
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi donoharm, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
If you right click the Dropbox folder itself and mark it as available offline, this will force all files to download and remain on your computer.
You can also set the default setting in the Dropbox desktop application preferences.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
Hello,
Thanks for replying. What is the default setting? "How do you want to store new files?" It says that setting won't affect new files.
This is my setting page:
- Walter
The default setting is the policy that will be followed for your files in the Dropbox folder donoharm
The part that says it won't affect new files is referring to the online only option.
For more information about the version of the desktop app you're using, you can have a look here.
I hope this helps!
What do you recommend I change then?
That "How do you want to store new files?" I don't think it works. I immediately changed that setting after discovering the problem, but dropbox was still removing the files in front of my eyes. I clicked download, dropbox removed it a bit later. That's why I concluded that setting was the one.
