You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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johnacooke's avatar
johnacooke
Explorer | Level 4
2 months ago

I enabled OneDrive backup and my Dropbox folder has been moved to their cloud.

In a moment of thoughtless, I foolishly allowed OneDrive to backup my computer. Now, nothing is where it should be.   Lost disturbingly, the contents of Dropbox seemes to be subsumed into a OneDr...
  • Mason Duke's avatar
    2 months ago

    First, check if Dropbox is still installed by searching for it on your computer. If it’s not there, you can reinstall it from the Dropbox website. After that, check if your Dropbox folder is intact by navigating to it manually, usually found in your user folder (e.g., C:\Users\YourName\Dropbox).

    Next, go into OneDrive and stop the backup from syncing your Dropbox folder. You can manage this through OneDrive’s settings by selecting which folders to stop backing up. After that, move any files mistakenly synced by OneDrive back into your Dropbox folder.

    Hope this helps! Let me know how it goes.