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London22's avatar
London22
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Personal folders & files to be available on one device only

Hi. I have one Dropbox account and each of my laptops (1 at home two at work) have Office 365. My personal files (created at home) are available on my work laptops. I need to make these files to be a...
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Nancy's avatar
Nancy
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2 years ago

Hi London22! Hope you’re doing well, and Happy New Year.

 

If you have these files in a folder, and you don’t want them to show on your work computers at all, you can use selective sync on each one of your work devices, and remove them from there (this won’t affect the files showing on your home computer, and the files will be normally accessible via your web account). 

 

If you need more help though, give me a nudge.

  • London22's avatar
    London22
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Thanks Nancy, and a Happy New Year to you - from Alderney

    I'll give this a go when I'm in work tomorrow.

    Peter.

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