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New PESTY alert when delete folder

New PESTY alert when delete folder

kevs22
Helpful | Level 5

New PESTY alert, (seem to be bottomless from Dropbox now)  How eliminate the nuisance?  I never ever want to see any Dropbox alert when deleting a folder or file of which, let be clear: has nothing to do with Dropbox.  This folder Dave was never inserted to Dropbox.

 

Crazy, what's up with all these new intrusive annoying Dropbox things?

 

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Rich
Super User II

@kevs22 wrote:

New PESTY alert, (seem to be bottomless from Dropbox now)  How eliminate the nuisance? ... This folder Dave was never inserted to Dropbox.


This message is nothing new. It's been around for quite a while. If you're seeing that message when deleting a file or folder, then that file or folder was located in your Dropbox. Perhaps you have the backup feature enabled, which MOVES your key folders (Desktop, Documents, etc.) into your Dropbox folder, and you didn't realize it.

 

To prevent the message during further deletions, just check the box that says Do not ask again before you confirm the deletion or move.

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