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S3Amy's avatar
S3Amy
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Attempting to move DropBox to a different internal drive on my PC

I am struggling with this message... I unchecked all the boxes under "selective sync" under the Sync tab. I have also paused syncing indefinitely on the DropBox dialogue box that pops up whe...
Account Settings
Desktop
Dropbox Backup
  • S3Amy's avatar
    S3Amy
    2 years ago

    In that article, it says to click on "Sync and Backups." I have a separate Sync tab and a separate Backups tab. If I go under the Backups tap and go to Manage Backups, I see an option to delete your PC backup. Is this where I need to go?

     

    I'm so nervous deleting stuff! This is my whole business!

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
S3Amy wrote:

I have referenced the article that I get when I click "disable your computer backup" under the "How to move your Dropbox folder. The article it takes me to is, "How to set up Dropbox Backup."

They keep messing with the help articles, removing information.

 

S3Amy's avatar
S3Amy
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

In that article, it says to click on "Sync and Backups." I have a separate Sync tab and a separate Backups tab. If I go under the Backups tap and go to Manage Backups, I see an option to delete your PC backup. Is this where I need to go?

 

I'm so nervous deleting stuff! This is my whole business!

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    That's the option you need, S3Amy, that's correct! It will allow you to disable the backup feature.

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