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Questions about a recent update of Dropbox Backup
Hello — After my windows computer restart today from April “patch Tuesday” — I got a pop-up window from dropbox that there was an update to “dropbox backup” AKA “backup”
I let it do the update — it...
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey Frank P E., thanks for posting to the Dropbox Community.
It sounds like you're talking about the updated experience of the Dropbox backup feature.
You can read more about it and how it functions here.
If you have any questions whatsoever, please let me know.
Cheers!
hello -- thanks for the reply -- but this line in the link ---
If you haven’t been prompted to update and would like to be on the updated Dropbox Backup, you can do so by disabling Dropbox Backup, restarting the Dropbox app, and then re-enabling Dropbox Backup.
is "disabling Dropbox Backup" pausing dropbox?
- Nancy
Hope it’s OK to jump in, Frank P E.!
Pausing the Dropbox app means that you'd pause its syncing, but disabling your computer backup only affects your backup and the Dropbox app will continue syncing during the process.
To disable the Dropbox Backup, you’ll need to follow these steps.
Restarting your Dropbox app is the step after that, which you can do this way.
Hope that clarifies things a bit.
hello --- thanks for your reply, so if I "disable" the current backup that is in effect, wil folders that how "live" inside of the dropbox folder revert to there orginal location in %userprofile% ???
