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Maxim K.6
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
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How to turn off notification "Because it's online-only it won't be moved to your Recycle bin"

Does someone know, how to turn off this annoying notification?

"Delete xxx.xxx? Because it's online-only it won't be moved to your Recycle bin"?

  • Hey there bigsky - how are you today?

    I moved your post under this thread as your inquiry echoes the OP's query and to keep things neat around our Community. 

    I double checked this internally and when it comes to the Smart Sync notifications and the option to disable them, this not possible I'm afraid.

    This specific type of notifications is a failsafe in order to save our users from un-necessary deletion/changes and cannot be disabled. 

    As for your consequent inquiry, again this is not possible; to disable those notifications beforehand.

    At this point, I'd like to thank you for your feedback - I will log this with the team as a feature request.   

    I know this isn't what you wanted to hear but I hope it helps to some extent.  Please let me know if you have anything to add or ask; I'll be happy to follow up!

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  • nicolas r.6's avatar
    nicolas r.6
    Helpful | Level 5
    6 years ago

    i did it is just that your interface for proposing new features is so cumbersome ! 

     

    to be honest I believe I have suggested it in the right place but I am not even sure it works and already spent enough time trying to do so for something that should be pretty obvious for any normal user. 

    I am quite frustrated by that especially being a loyal customer since more or less the beginning especially since your competitors seem much more seemless 

  • danielhaines's avatar
    danielhaines
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    I'd also like the option to turn off (or at least suspend this functionality). I want the option to quickly delete photos after reviewing them on my computer and I'm getting a prompt after I delete every file. 

  • Chad D.2's avatar
    Chad D.2
    Helpful | Level 6
    5 years ago

    This is a pathetic "fail-safe." However, you do have the ability to turn it off for a period of time in preferences, you need to turn them ALL off for "however" long. But seriously, can anyone say Darwin? (The following personal statement from me is not intended to insult anyone: If I'm an idiot and delete my files because I'm an idiot, I should suffer the consequence of an idiot.)

  • richardhain's avatar
    richardhain
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 years ago

    Has this been addressed ?  It might be a deal-breaker for me. I've been using Dropbox for a long time and have been generally happy with it but I need to be able to disable notifications easily.

     

    R

     

     

  • chojan1's avatar
    chojan1
    Explorer | Level 4
    5 years ago

    I would also like to request an option to turn off or suspend this warning.

  • fcktsht's avatar
    fcktsht
    Helpful | Level 6
    4 years ago

    So, those of us who know the basics of using a computer are doomed to suffer this obnoxious, incessant, and unnecessary message because of a misguided need to idiot-proof dropbox?

  • jungwindy's avatar
    jungwindy
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    I hate this repeated warning message and don't understand why Dropbox wants me to see this warning every time. 

     

    One way to suppress this warning is to use the 'shift delete' method. If you hold down the shift key and press the delete button or drag files to your Recycle Bin, the selected files will be deleted without the warning message. You WILL be able to recover the deleted files on the Dropbox.com website as usual. 

     

    Hope this helps.

     

     

  • Graham's avatar
    Graham
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 years ago

    Hi jungwindy,

     

    Thanks for visiting the Dropbox Community! I hope you are well. I'm glad to see you found a workaround for this. Hopefully, some of the other Community members commenting above will be able to use it to make their experience a little bit better, too. We really appreciate your contribution here, keep up the good work!

     

    Thanks again, and have a great day!

    Graham

  • jungwindy's avatar
    jungwindy
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago
    Hi, I didn't notice that this thread is for macOS. Thr Shift+Delete methods works in Windows, but I bet there is a similar option in macOS, to completely delete files without putting files into trash bin.

  • Graham's avatar
    Graham
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    3 years ago

    Hi again, jungwindy! Thanks for clarifying that. Having spent most of my life on Windows machines, Mac tips, tricks and shortcuts are definitely not my strong point! But like you say, there may well be a similar workaround for Mac and hopefully someone will post it here if they discover it.

     

    I'm always intrigued by people finding little workarounds like this, and was wondering if you have discovered anything else that helps make your work on Dropbox a little easier that you would like to share? Could be related to anything at all, not necessarily what's being discussed in this thread.

     

    Thanks again, and have a great Friday!

    Graham

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