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tescobedo8
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Why can I only back up specific folders?

I just started using the back up feature in Dropbox but it seems to only back up 3 folders: DOWNLOADS, DESKTOP & DOCUMENTS. I don't keep important stuff in any of these.  How do I select my 2 most im...
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www . c.'s avatar
www . c.
Helpful | Level 7
2 years ago

This is overlimited. 
Why is Dropbox not user friendly? 
Please provide a contact, I would be happy to work with your team to help make dropbox much more user-friendly.

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aprilramone
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

 This is a bizarre limitation on the usability of dropbox. I have to store everything in my Documents folder or one of the other 12 folders dropbox can see??? Why can't I just select the location where all my files are, or just back up my whole C drive? Also if I right-click another folder that's not in the generic list it has the option to "send to dropbox"? So I have to go through and manually select each folder? This is messed up.

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    www . c.
    Helpful | Level 7
    2 years ago

    ‎07-29-2022 - 2024 04 16.
     2 year, and nothing changes.

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