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sanchmo
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5 years ago
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STOP Dropbox from backing up external drive

I made the mistake of accepting a request from Dropbox to back up an external drive plugged into my Mac. I didn't stop to think the files in that drive were going to be huge video files that should NOT be backed up to Dropbox. How do I stop the backup of that external drive? The help section says go to the preferences of the Mac Dropbox app and uncheck folders I don't want to be synced. There is NO such option. The only option is to uncheck something about set up notifications for new external drives.

 

There was another help suggestion  that suggested right clicking "the backup" and pausing it. WHAT backup?? I don't see the external drive listed anywhere in my Dropbox folder, and right clicking the external drive icon on my desktop doesn't show any Dropbox options.

 

How do I stop this backup without disabling ALL backups?? 

 

Thank you for any help on this.... 

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    4 years ago

    Hey everyone!

     

    You should be able to find the steps on how to disable the external drive backup through the desktop application's preferences here.

     

    I hope this helps!

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    Sean13
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Hi just found this link due to same problem. Your link though takes me to a page where it shows me how to set up NOT disable ? I cant stop this thing from trying to upload 200K+ files but none of then ever show in my online dropbox either.

     

    I honestly just use to scan receipts etc

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi Sean13, the link is from a year ago, and the site has changed since then. This link should provide the information on how to delete a Dropbox Backup.

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