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sclippy
Explorer | Level 3
11 months ago

Can not Delete files with this name "one.attlocal.net's invalid files"

I have several files that I am trying to delete in my DB.  When I select them and then Delete, a few seconds later, they reappear. 

see image below.  There are 4 folders total, sometimes more, but they all have the same "Invalid files" at the end.

 

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    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    sclippy wrote:

    I have several files that I am trying to delete in my DB.  When I select them and then Delete, a few seconds later, they reappear.

    If a file is reappearing after you've deleted it can often mean that the file was unable to be deleted on one of your linked devices.

     

    You delete a file. Dropbox sends the deletion even to all of the devices linked to your account so they can delete the file as well. One device is unable to delete the file, possibly because it's in use or otherwise locked. A moment later Dropbox on that computer sees the file is still in the Dropbox folder and syncs it back to your account. This gives the appearance that the file has reappeared.

     

    Use the version history of one of the files to determine which device it's syncing from. Once you figure that out, you'll need to figure out why the file can't be deleted on that device.

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