How to stop syncing my macbook air with dropbox

[ljm317]

Hi, I am new to dropbox.

When I did the setup, I didnt understand the questions about "backing up and syncing my macbook air".  Now Dropbox is copying everything from my Desktop, Downloads, Documents folders on my Mac to dropbox.  I do not want this.

Can I simply delete the folders from Dropbox (and all the contents).  Will this still leave all the files on my computer?

Scared I will delete everything........  appreciate any assistance as im not technologically gifted.

Thank you.  

[Walter · Accepted solution]

Hi @ljm317; thanks for joining our Community!

We do have a dedicated Help Center article about the new computer backup feature, so I'd suggest that you started from there: 

https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/sync-uploads/computer-backup

Let me know if you have any follow up questions. 

[ljm317]

Hi Walter,

Thank you for your reply.  I have follwed all the instructions as listed to stop the back up.

I did get the following response.  

How do I get DropBox to stop trying to Sync .... it is at over 400k items and counting.....  

Thank you,

Lisa

[ljm317]

Hi Walter,

Me again ... now I have this pop up.

I am unclear what to do, as I dont want to lose the documents on my Macbook.

When it mentions "devices" below, does that include the Macbook?

Obviously I am confused....

Thanks,

Lisa

[Walter]

Thanks for the follow up, Lisa.

This message is referring to the file (or folder in this case) being deleted on any devices you might have connected to your account; not your computer's hard drive (assuming that you'll be moving them there that is). 

Let me know if you have any additional questions!