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Nammu Design
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3 years ago
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How to move my Dropbox folder on another drive?

Good morning, I would like to change the hard disk storage of my dropbox folders on my pc. You have to go to preferences, synchronization and then change the hard drive then click move. When I click ...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    Hi there Nammu Design, thanks for using Dropbox and welcome to our Community!
     

    You can move your Dropbox folder by following these steps. 

     

    As for cancelling your trial, note that your files won't be affected and you can have a look here for more information.

     

    I hope this helps!

Jim L's avatar
Jim L
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

On my Windows 11 laptop my Dropbox folder is on my drive C in 'Users'. I also have a second physical hard drive D. My C drive is filling up, and I would like to move my Dropbox folder and files to my Drive D--hopefully without losing any files or functionality. How do I do this.

 

Many Thanks,

 

Jim

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Hey Jim L, thanks for posting to our Community.

     

    If you'd like to move your Dropbox folder to another location, you'll need to follow these steps.

     

    Keep in mind that moving the Dropbox folder to an external drive (if D is an external one) is not recommended, as it can cause deletions, if the Dropbox app starts before the drive is connected, so caution is advised.

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