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sloohand
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago
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How to stop syncing music files to my Dropbox?

I'm trying to stop Dropbox from syncing a ton of music. I've paused it indefinitely but I don't want all that music to be backed up on Dropbox. There doesn't seem to be a 'stop sync' option, unless I...
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  • sloohand's avatar
    sloohand
    4 years ago

    Hey everyone, thanks so much for the suggestions. It appears the issue magically resolved itself! The syncing finally stopped. I checked and the music folder was still in backup. I deleted it, then Dropbox deleted all the music files and everything is back to normal. So yay!

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sloohand
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

Hi Rich,

So I disabled the backup for my PC and it's still syncing. 

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Megan
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4 years ago

Hi sloohand, you'd ideally need to give it time to sync all the changes. 

 

Once it's up to date, your Music shouldn't be backed up to Dropbox anymore, since you've disabled the feature. 

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    sloohand
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago

    Hi Megan,

    Just to make sure I understand - go ahead and let it keep syncing even if it takes days (I have a lot of music) and at the end of that process, the music won't be there?

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      Hannah
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      4 years ago

      I think what Megan actually means, is that it would have been best if you allowed everything to sync first before disabling backup, which is true.

       

      If you've already disabled it, can you check if the app is still trying to sync the files even now?

      • sloohand's avatar
        sloohand
        Helpful | Level 6
        4 years ago

        Hi Hannah,

        It says it's syncing 1200 files but it's been at that figure since I checked this morning and the progress bar isn't moving.

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