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What happens to an online-only file after I access it?
I have several large files set as online-only. As I understand it, that means that although the files appear to be on my hard drive, they are only stored on Dropbox, and if I attempt to open one of t...
Hey Steve A.13, just wanted to jump in here and confirm that once you've finished working on a file that's available offline, if you want it to go back to online-only, you need to right-click on it and choose to do it manually.
Windows.
Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey Steve A.13, just wanted to jump in here and confirm that once you've finished working on a file that's available offline, if you want it to go back to online-only, you need to right-click on it and choose to do it manually.
Copy. Thanks, Hannah. That answers my question.
Hannah does this mean, if one is to forget to click online again the changes are not saved online? and my VA would not see the changes in Dropbox?
- Jay
Hi Babelle2023, all files in the Dropbox folder are stored on the Dropbox site, assuming that the Dropbox desktop application is running and fully synced, and that you haven't enabled selective sync.
The online-only feature means that files don't take up physical space on your computer.
As I understand it, your changes will still get saved to Dropbox, however the file no longer be online-only (i.e., it will exist on both the Dropbox server and on your local drive).
