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futandrew
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

Can't delete a file called vault.dbx-vault

Can't delete a file called vault.dbx-vault

This just appeared for no reason, and I cannot delete it. This is under the root folder. 

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    Rich
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    futandrew wrote:

    Can't delete a file called vault.dbx-vault

    This just appeared for no reason, and I cannot delete it. This is under the root folder. 


    That file is required by the Dropbox Vault feature and it cannot be deleted.

     

     

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      futandrew
      Helpful | Level 5

      Thanks for the reply. Yes, I understand it's a feature. However, there are two vault files on my list. I want to delete one of them. The one that has the file name "vault.dbx-vault" cannot be opened or deleted.

       

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        Rich
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        futandrew wrote:

        The one that has the file name "vault.dbx-vault" cannot be opened or deleted. 


        You can't delete it. The file is required by Dropbox. Just ignore it.

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