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How to sync changes only from my online Dropbox account to my Windows machine and not vice versa?
I accidentally messed up two subfolders in my Dropbox folder, and deleted them. Dropbox was not running. I still have copies of those folders in my Dropbox account. How can I stop Dropbox syncing the...
How can I stop Dropbox syncing the changes to the cloud, i.e. deleting those folders from my account, when I run the app on my PC?
As soon as Dropbox starts and indexes your files, it will find the folders missing and remove them from your account. There's no way to prevent that from happening other than replacing the local files before you start Dropbox.
Go to the Dropbox website and download the folders manually, then put A COPY of them back in your local Dropbox folder. Once the folders are back, restart Dropbox. It should index your files, find no changes and continue as normal. In the off chance that the folders are deleted, you'll have a copy downloaded as a backup, or you can recover the files from your Deleted Files on the Dropbox website.
There was not, but I did an advanced install according to the instructions on your website and now it's working.
But still, why couldn't there be one-way sync option? Accidents happen and if they do, there is currently no easy way to recover from them. Yes, there is an option to recover deleted files, but it would be simpler if there was a way to not sync known errors up or down at all.
- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the suggestion. We appreciate the feedback on this matter and we take all comments into consideration when improving the Dropbox desktop app and services.
