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Noel H.5
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

How do I stop the Dropbox from moving my Downloads, Documents and Desktop folders into the app?

How do I stop the Dropbox app from moving my Downloads, Documents and Desktop folders into the Dropbox folder ?   When I updated the Mac app it moved the dropbox folder into 'locations' set up li...
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Rich's avatar
Rich
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3 years ago
Noel H.5 wrote:

How do I stop the Dropbox app from moving my Downloads, Documents and Desktop folders into the Dropbox folder ? ... (PS I do not have backup set up no do I plan to)

Are you sure you don't have the backup feature enabled? The only time that your key folders are moved into Dropbox is when that's enabled.

 

  • Noel H.5's avatar
    Noel H.5
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    I have the 'automatice backups' slider in the backup menu set to OFF.

     

    ...but you are right that seems to pause it rather than remove the backup. Any ideas how to stop the backup function. I have been looking around and I can not see where I stop it doing any backups.

     

    • Noel H.5's avatar
      Noel H.5
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago

      I have now stopped the backups to the point where it is prompting me to set up backups... but when I 'save to desktop' it still puts the files into the 'desktop folder in dropbox, not my desktop folder on my Mac.

       

      Anyone know how to remove this divert?

       

       

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
        3 years ago

        Hey Noel H.5, when you were following the steps to disable backup on your computer, did you choose the "Keep content in folders on this Mac" option?

         

        This should have moved your desktop folders back to their original locations.

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