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boggett2001
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago
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How to stop an upload in progress

DB says it's in the middle of a very large upload, but I want to stop it and zip the files first before uploading.  There is no "stop upload" button that I've seen.  Can you help me stop this?
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    7 years ago

    If you're using the website to upload your files, just close your web session boggett2001!

    If you're using the desktop app, you can pause the sync and move the unwanted files out of your Dropbox folder. 

    Let me know how it goes!

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Walter
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7 years ago

If you're using the website to upload your files, just close your web session boggett2001!

If you're using the desktop app, you can pause the sync and move the unwanted files out of your Dropbox folder. 

Let me know how it goes!

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M04
New member | Level 2
5 years ago
This doesn't work anymore. Is there an option now that there's no pause button on a Windows machine?
  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    5 years ago

    Actually, the pause option should be there after clicking on the app's icon in your system tray M04.

     

    If you're not seeing it, can you send us a screenshot so that we can have a better look into this? 

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