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Jacob7878
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3 years ago
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How can I control which folders get synced to my hard drive?

Hello, I need help with settings. I just purchase porfesional subscriptions. the purpose was i have couple ald laptops with family pictures, I would like to upload them to dropbox and keep pictures...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey Jacob7878, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.

     

    To control which specific folders get synced to a computer linked to your Dropbox account, you can use selective sync.

     

    Selective sync allows you to remove entire folders from you Dropbox folder, and it's computer specific, so you can have different folders synced on each connected computer.

     

    You can see more about the feature and how to enable it here.

     

    Let me know if you have any questions.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Jacob7878, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.

 

To control which specific folders get synced to a computer linked to your Dropbox account, you can use selective sync.

 

Selective sync allows you to remove entire folders from you Dropbox folder, and it's computer specific, so you can have different folders synced on each connected computer.

 

You can see more about the feature and how to enable it here.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

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Jacob7878
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Hannah, 

 

 

Thank you, works perfect. I was trying get this solve since friday chating with support no one could  help. 

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    Hannah
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    3 years ago

    Happy to hear that, Jacob! 🙂

     

    If you need anything else, please let us know.

     

    See you around!

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