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Option to disable delete confirmation popup when deleting online-only files from desktop

Option to disable delete confirmation popup when deleting online-only files from desktop

grimhike
Helpful | Level 6

When deleting "online-only" files or folders, I got asked for confirmation with a pop up, but there is no "do not show this next time" checkbox. 

I know what I'm doing when I delete files and I don't need Dropbox to babysit me. 

How can I make that popup go away forever? 

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Megan
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39 Comments
Musikante
Explorer | Level 3

Please put a "remember the decision" button. It is very tyring to click delete after every file.

andtsad
New member | Level 2

Its very annoying to have offline files and still get prompted to delete online only files.

Adrian_F
Helpful | Level 5

And still no closer to fixing this idiocy.

FlemmingChr
New member | Level 2

WHY is this STILL a problem?

I have to delete millions of 0 size ".. conflict .." files in a LOT of folder, and I get this dialog up for each folder were files are deleted. The dialog box takes focus every f.... time so I cant use my computer for any work when deleting files.

I can see this was created almost 3 years ago, get this fixed NOW !!!!

Wildert
New member | Level 2

It's super annoying. This is a must fix. Pretty please.

AT193
Explorer | Level 4

Is there any update on this missing feature? I have to go through an archive of about 2000 files/photos and delete 20% or so one by one. Really not looking forward to having to answer a popup each time...

Bofenglin
New member | Level 2

Friendly reminder to update this feature as I don't want to see this notification every time i try to delete a file. It's quite infuriating and a waste of my time.

justabloke
New member | Level 2

How is this still a thing? Fix please DB

unixorn
New member | Level 2

Please let us disable this forever.

We can restore recently deleted files on the website, so there's not a risk of data loss, and it's horrible UI to have a warning that can't be dismissed.

 

I'd even tolerate a "don't remind me again today" checkbox, I just need a way to stifle the alert. It's even more annoying when I'm going through my Camera Uploads folder to delete duplicated/out of focus/etc pictures.

 

The only workaround is to force everything in a folder to offline, delete files, then maybe remember to put them in online-only mode afterward, and that pushes your bandwidth costs up.

jungwindy
Helpful | Level 5

Well, this is ridiculous. If Dropbox doesn't want users to disable these warnings completely, why not simply provide an option to silence them for a limited time, such as 30 minutes, 1 hour, or so? Dropbox already supports snoozing notifications, so why not apply this same functionality to warnings?