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tuongvan
Explorer | Level 4
1 year ago

Dropbox Backup automatically creates folders under folders under folders ad infinitum

On my Macbook I once asked Dropbox to do backup of my Documents folder. What it did was to create a folder called "My files in Dropbox" and put all of my files under this folder. But under My files i...
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Hannah
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1 year ago

Hey again, crismelo.

 

We're going to need some additional info on that; what do you mean by 'encrypted'? Are you getting an error when trying to open your desktop files?

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crismelo
Explorer | Level 4
1 year ago

Hello team, 

Can you please help me to clean up the Dropbox backup from my local C drive? 

I have followed the instructions.

Can I now delete this Dropbox folder without impacting my local files? 

I have deleted the backup option and logged off from the Dropbox app. Here is the actual status: 

 

 

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