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Barbara E.2's avatar
Barbara E.2
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

Is it possible to download all my archived files from Dropbox to my computer?

 I'm retiring, although I plan to keep my Dropbox subscription for personal use.   What I'd like to do is to sync or download all the data in my Dropbox account to my current pc. From there my goal...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi Barbara E.2, thanks for messaging the Community!

 

If you install the Dropbox desktop application, and then mark the entire Dropbox folder as available offline, this will have all your files on your account made local.

 

Afterwards, you can copy the Dropbox folder to your external drive for backup purposes.

 

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

Barbara E.2's avatar
Barbara E.2
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

Thanks for your reply, Jay. I'll give it a try.

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