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ninjaVanish
New member | Level 2
8 years ago
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Reset Smart Sync To Online Only for All Files?

After finishing a few large projects, I am working to reduce the space used on my laptop. Is it possible to reset the smart sync status without having to right clicking on each folder? I wish to chan...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    Select everything all at once, then right-click. You don't have to do it one folder at a time. Select as few or as many folders and files as you want, even all of them. You can also right-click on the Dropbox folder itself and set it to Online-Only. Note that if you have a lot of files to change, it will take a while and will appear to be downloading files while it's happening. Just let it work.
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Rich
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6 years ago
ianh1 wrote:

Thanks for your prompt response but as I said it doesn't work

Then you need to explain WHY it doesn't work, because it's still the correct response.

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ianh1
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

If I knew why it didn't work I would presumably be working for Dropbox support and not getting frustrated with functionality I am not getting but have paid for!

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