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viclea
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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"Corel" Files taking up my Dropbox space

On my PC in the Documents Folder there are folders that are "Corel", "Corel Cloud", "Corel User Files", "Custom Office Templates" that are taking up space in my Dropbox which I do not want.  How do I...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    I'm afraid that if these files are within the Documents folder and you've chosen to back up this folder to Dropbox, they will be backed up as well.

     

    There's no way to specify which folders to have backed up within a backed up folder at this time.

viclea's avatar
viclea
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I want to back up everything except the Corel Folders.  Is that possible?

Hannah's avatar
Hannah
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3 years ago

I'm afraid that if these files are within the Documents folder and you've chosen to back up this folder to Dropbox, they will be backed up as well.

 

There's no way to specify which folders to have backed up within a backed up folder at this time.

  • viclea8's avatar
    viclea8
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Thank you everyone for all of your help.  I have moved the folders in question.

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