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Hebephrene's avatar
Hebephrene
Explorer | Level 3
4 months ago

How can I make my files in my Dropbox folder online-only?

Two questions: I have Dropbox on two computers, my laptop, a Surface and a Desktop which is an Acer. On the laptop the balance between what is stored on my hardrive and what is stored in the cloud is...
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Jay
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4 months ago

Hi Hebephrene​, thanks for messaging the Community!

You can mark files and folders as online-only by right clicking them and choosing the 'Online-only' option.

You can do this in bulk by selecting the entire Dropbox folder itself and marking it as online-only, and also make online-only the default for any new files added on the site.

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

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    Hebephrene
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 months ago

    Jay 

     Rich responded by asking me to send him screen shots of what I get when I right click and then when that didn't work when I clicked on additional options. Neither produced the online only button

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