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6 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Can I remove files from my computer but not delete them?
How can I remove files/folders from my pc but leave them on the web to be accessable from my pc and othe devices? metric
Selective sync is under the Sync tab in the Preferences on the dropbox pc app.
You can't get to it from the right click menu in a file browser.In your preferences you can untick any folders you want to not synch to this computer.
This allows them to not be downloaded to your current computer to save space but they are still available online and on any other computers you have that sync them.
- Lusil
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- metricExplorer | Level 3
Thank you Lusll, but where do I find selective sync?
- KyrreNew member | Level 2
Selective sync is under the Sync tab in the Preferences on the dropbox pc app.
You can't get to it from the right click menu in a file browser.In your preferences you can untick any folders you want to not synch to this computer.
This allows them to not be downloaded to your current computer to save space but they are still available online and on any other computers you have that sync them.
- mfbrandenNew member | Level 2
Cleaning off my computer to sell. All files backed up to Dropbox but my files on my computer hard drive still indicate that they are in drop box. How do I erase them on my computer but keep them in Drop box? Do I take Drop box off the computer before deleting the files?
- ЗдравкоLegendary | Level 20
Yes, exactly! 😉 Or unlink it, at least.
- skyhunterNew member | Level 2
Recently I got this alert from Dropbox that it's experiencing some issues and that before I open online-only files, I need to right click on those and make them available offline. Which I did whenever I needed a specific file. At some point, I disabled Dropbox on startup and would need to manually open it to sync files. A few days later, syncing started from 1GB to 100GB of file sizes and I had to pause that. I asked the team if anyone had been getting such a huge amount of files and seems no one was. I then left it to resume syncing only to get the alert "Can't sync. Not enough free disk space." And checking my drive, it's red and left with only 1GB. How can I successfully clear the space without deleting any file?
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