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A '.dbxignore' file popped up on my desktop. Can I delete it?
I now have '.dbxignore' on my desktop. Can I delete it or is it necessary to just leave it there.
(Sorry if this is an inappropriate category, but I couldn't find an accurate one!)
HI Judy12159, Judy12205, if you have a different username, this means you've signed up on the phone using a different email from your current Dropbox account.
There isn't any issue with that, however, you might accidentally be saving files into a different account, since here are two different accounts.
So .dbxignore is on my desktop because I've chosen to view hidden folders. "Some external hard drives need to create log files to function. Dropbox ignores these to save space in your backup. To do so, it creates placeholder .dbxignore files that take up less space."
I'm not using an external hard drive but I'm wondering what happens if I get a new computer. Will the .dbxignore regenerate itself? Do I even need it?
Thanks in advance.
