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Windo's avatar
Windo
Helpful | Level 5
4 months ago

I need to be able to remove my personal folder -team- on my Mac device.

I want to disable my personal/private folder on my mac client. But its not possible to deactivate this folder in the selective synchronization.... why??? I can disable all Team Folder, but not th...
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Здравко's avatar
Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
Windo wrote:

... And I want either to delete or to disable it, which is not possible.

Hi Windo,

There is no way either to delete or remove this folder from your account. This folder is related to you as a team member and as long as you are team member you will have member folder. The same for every other team member. If you just want this folder to disappear from your device, this is possible - it will just stay in your account only. You need to follow Selective Sync rules as described and uncheck the folder you’d like removed. 😉 That's it.

Hope this helps.

Windo's avatar
Windo
Helpful | Level 5
4 months ago

Здравко First of all thank you for your reply. 
I know that this is not possible, thats why I write this idea here...? 
Your post is not helpful, nor correct. you can not disable this folder in selective sync. pleas do not post information here which you have not tested 😉

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    4 months ago

    Hey @Windo, hope you’re well and sorry for jumping in. 

     

    I can confirm it’s not possible to use selective sync for the personal team member folder that’s been created on the Dropbox team. 

     

    However, a workaround I can suggest is to create a subfolder within that folder and move your files/folders inside. You should be able to unselect this one via your selective sync settings.

    • Windo's avatar
      Windo
      Helpful | Level 5
      4 months ago

      Hi @Nancy
      Thanks for your feedback. I mean, I already described what is "not possible". 
      I thought this is the idea section... ??
      So every one is telling me what I could not do or else do. But I want to disable this Folder. and it is annoying me that Dropbox has to tell me which Folder I can and which I can not deselect. Its just stupid 🙂
      So my idea is to change that. And I think many people would welcome it.

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