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kmeadows
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Only want to sync specific folders on my other device

I have all my files in Dropbox on my PC. I want to "some" of them, not all of them on my laptop. When I downloaded Dropbox on the laptop, I ended with "all" files on the laptop. Can someone please ...
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kmeadows's avatar
kmeadows
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Thank you. I saw that option but what I really want is to keep local access on my PC for all files. And only have the 2 main files (or folders, not sure of correct name) on my laptop.

Can you help with this?

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Daphne
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7 years ago
Hey again kmeadows,
 
You can apply different selective sync settings on different devices. So you can apply selective sync to folders on your laptop, so that only certain folder in your Dropbox account sync to the Dropbox folder.
 
On your PC you can simply leave the desktop app settings as they are and all your Dropbox account content will stay local in your Dropbox folder.
 
I hope this clarifies the matter, let me know if this is what you wanted to achieve - Cheers! 

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