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praetorian75
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

How Do I Stop the "Online-Only Files" Deletion Warning?

Nearly every time I delete a folder (which is often), I get a popup asking for confirmation.   "This folder will be deleted from your DropBox account. Because it has online-only files, it won't...
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fcktsht's avatar
fcktsht
Helpful | Level 6

I see it's been over a year since this was brought up but this issue still hasn't been addressed. The delete prompt is infuriatingly obnoxious and can't be difficult to turn off. What gives?

BigOldBumpyPickles's avatar
BigOldBumpyPickles
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Is this on a computer and is it a separate window popup? There are ways of restricting a popup but if it's a part of the application I don't know as much. Kinda cool that the staff is so responsive, dropbox honestly seems like a cool place to work lol

 

Edit: Cool username. Noiceeee!

  • fcktsht's avatar
    fcktsht
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    Windows computer, and it's a popup from the dropbox app. I shouldn't need to find a workaround. There should be a checkbox that says, "Don't remind me again," or something similar, just like every other app has done with alerts for decades.

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