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Dropbox full due to invisible automatic backup?
Hi, I have a serious problem and hope someone here can help me with it. I've enjoyed using my Dropbox free plan for a lot of years now, up until about a month ago. The size of my Dropbox is 1...
I had the same problem.
This was the solution for me:
Sign In to dropbox.com
Click the grid icon in the top-left corner.
Click Backup from the menu that appears.
Dropbox Backup will open in a new tab.
Click the tree dots to the right of the disk you no longer want to backup and choose Delete.
JvdMaarel wrote:...
I get the impression that Dropbox is trying to sync my photo library, even though the backup function is turned off and I don't see these files appearing anywhere in the Dropbox folder.
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Hi JvdMaarel,
According your description, Dropbox' Backup isn't turned off, despite your impression. Did you try turn backup off according to "Turn off computer backup" section in pointed topic. If not, try out and on point 6 there select "Keep content in folders on this PC/Mac", not "Leave content in Dropbox".
JvdMaarel wrote:
...- Where is this hidden backup stored? I can't see those 7.56 GB of data anywhere.
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🙂 You are almost giving answer to your question. It's hidden! 🤷 Make hidden files visible in your Finder and you will see them. 😉
All folders you have selected for backup are moved already into Dropbox folder. On their initial places are only aliases! Take care when you delete something; this thing gets deleted locally too. You can lost valuable data in such a way!
Hope this gives a way and clarifies matter.
Hi Здравко , thanks for your reply.
I know it would seem that way, but those things are the first things I changed/checked after I searched Dropbox support and google for similar problems.
I did disable the backup and the hidden files and folders in the Dropbox root show contain no significant data, see my screenshots:
I had the same problem.
This was the solution for me:
Sign In to dropbox.com
Click the grid icon in the top-left corner.
Click Backup from the menu that appears.
Dropbox Backup will open in a new tab.
Click the tree dots to the right of the disk you no longer want to backup and choose Delete.
