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How to cancel a backup
I accidentally selected a disk backup when I installed Dropbox and I'm now out of Dropbox storage.
I understand there is a way to cancel this with the preferences option, but I cannot understand ho...
Hi Mari101, good day to you. You can try to follow these steps below on how to delete your back up files on the Desktop App:
Delete your computer backup
To delete your computer backup:
Click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar (Windows) or menu bar (Mac).
Click the Sync and Backups tab.
Select the backup you’d like to delete.
Under Adjust settings, click Delete.
Click Keep content in folders on this PC/Mac or Leave content in Dropbox.
If you choose Keep content in folders on this PC/Mac, the files and folders you stopped backing up can be found in their original folders on your computer.
If you choose Leave content in Dropbox, new files you add to those folders will save to their original folders on your computer, but the files and folders you previously backed up to Dropbox with computer backup will remain in your Dropbox account. On your computer, they’ll be accessible by shortcuts, in their original folders, called My files in Dropbox.
Note: If you see Set Up instead, it means computer backup is already off.
Click Delete.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Delete your computer backup
To delete your computer backup:
Click the Dropbox icon in your taskbar (Windows) or menu bar (Mac).
Click the Sync and Backups tab.
Select the backup you’d like to delete.
Under Adjust settings, click Delete.
Click Keep content in folders on this PC/Mac or Leave content in Dropbox.
If you choose Keep content in folders on this PC/Mac, the files and folders you stopped backing up can be found in their original folders on your computer.
If you choose Leave content in Dropbox, new files you add to those folders will save to their original folders on your computer, but the files and folders you previously backed up to Dropbox with computer backup will remain in your Dropbox account. On your computer, they’ll be accessible by shortcuts, in their original folders, called My files in Dropbox.
Note: If you see Set Up instead, it means computer backup is already off.
Click Delete.
Hope this helps
Cheers
