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normansch's avatar
normansch
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I can't find the Backup button under my desktop app's preferences.

cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    normansch wrote:

    cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

    It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

     

     

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago
    normansch wrote:

    cannot find the backup button in "preferences" any suggestions?

    It's a tab located at the top of the Preferences window. If it's not there, take a screenshot to show us what you have on the window.

     

     

    • RabanePaco's avatar
      RabanePaco
      Explorer | Level 3
      3 months ago

      The Backup tab at the indicated placed is missing. Do you want a screenshot?

      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        3 months ago

        Hey RabanePaco! Yes, please send us a screenshot of what you see and we’ll go from there.

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