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dannyward
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Remove a device - delete files

Once you remove a device from dropbox, can the files on that device be deleted without affecting the files located on other devices?
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    dannyward wrote:

    Once you remove a device from dropbox, can the files on that device be deleted without affecting the files located on other devices?

    Yes. As long as you've removed the device from your account, or signed out of the Dropbox application on the device itself, you can safely delete the Dropbox folder.

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Rich
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2 years ago
dannyward wrote:

Once you remove a device from dropbox, can the files on that device be deleted without affecting the files located on other devices?

Yes. As long as you've removed the device from your account, or signed out of the Dropbox application on the device itself, you can safely delete the Dropbox folder.

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