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BCarroll
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

How to move my files out of Dropbox Vault?

I thought I would try Dropbox Vault, thinking that is where I could put files I don't want anyone to be able to access, so I put all of my hundreds of financial documents in my vault. I need to be ab...
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Jay
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2 years ago

Thanks for the info, if you're not able to move files out of the Dropbox Vault, you'll need to download them manually one by one.

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BCarroll
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

OMG! I wish I'd never done this stupid vault. I thought it was a place to put files so they were locked so no one could see them, but I could work on them in my regular dropbox, and it would sync to the vault.
There are THOUSANDS of files! What a mess!

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