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Dev1ce's avatar
Dev1ce
New member | Level 2
15 days ago

Default Setting of Dropbox Automatically Syncing Everything Locally Destroyed My Linux System

Operating System Arch Linux Operating System and Dropbox Version are the latest. I installed a new Arch Linux OS yesterday, and today Dropbox completely destroyed it by its endless default auto-sy...
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Megan's avatar
Megan
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15 days ago

Hey Dev1ce, sorry to hear about that! 

Is the app installed on your device as we speak, or did you uninstall it?

Did you see the "How you want your files to sync" option upon the initial installation and set-up process? If not then you should be able to click on the advanced settings while setting up the app, and you can then choose which folders you want to sync locally.

I'm referring to our selective sync feature that you can use even after the initial installation to gradually sync your folders to the device in smaller batches or completely remove their local copies. Can you give it a go, and let me know of the results?

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there! 

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