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JP Rosa
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Cant get rid of external drive. What can I do?

My drop box is empty and I was getting constant request to upgrade / no space. I think I worked out that this was caused by an external drive that I certainly never asked DB to back up, but, whatever...
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JP Rosa's avatar
JP Rosa
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Found the drive and deleted it in dropbox/backup/all / Thanks to the twitter folks.

 

The consoles, portals and all else do not point to this specific folder, where one can ACTUALY delete a backup.

Please update your guides, this should have been simple.

 

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi JP Rosa, happy Monday! 

 

Glad to see everything is back on track for you. If you need anything else, we'll be one post away.

 

Thanks! 

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