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DreamingboxUser
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
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How to stop Dropbox syncing with external drivers

Dear Community Members, I am a total ignorant with digital tools. I want to use DropBox only for what I want. Meaning I want to share stuff. I do not want that Dropbox synchronizes with my laptop...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    Hey DreamingboxUser, thanks for joining our Community!

     

    It sounds like you may have enabled the Dropbox Backup feature to backup your external drives to Dropbox. 

     

    If that's so, you can disable it as outlined here and access your backups directly from this page.

     

    I hope this helps!

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Walter
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3 years ago

Hey DreamingboxUser, thanks for joining our Community!

 

It sounds like you may have enabled the Dropbox Backup feature to backup your external drives to Dropbox. 

 

If that's so, you can disable it as outlined here and access your backups directly from this page.

 

I hope this helps!

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DreamingboxUser
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Thank you!

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