Why are Dropbox files regularly copying to my desktop?

[yesthatsandra]

Why are Dropbox files regularly copying to my desktop? Even files I delete.

[yesthatsandra]

Its says, "Everything is up to date." I'm not sure how to see what "version" I am using. Sorry and thank you for your help!

[yesthatsandra]

It doesn't show any files or folders interacted with lately in "Your Activity." In Backups, it says only "PC updated today at 3:33pm."

[Walter]

It seems that you enabled the Dropbox Backup feature on your computer @yesthatsandra 

Could you access the backups tab in the app's preferences and let us know what you see there?

[yesthatsandra]

Here is what I see:

[Jay]

Hi @yesthatsandra, if you click 'Manage backups', what options do you see there?

[yesthatsandra]

Thank you for your help! I appreciate everyone trying to help me fix this.

When I click Manage Backups, this is what I see:

[Jay]

So, we can see that the Dropbox Backup feature is enabled, meaning that files in certain folders you you've selected in 'Choose folders' would be backed up to the site. 

If you wish, you can delete the backup by clicking that button there.

[yesthatsandra]

Hello: Thanks for your reply. By choosing to have some folders backed up, is that basically choosing to have them regularly copied to my desktop? If Dropbox keeps my files up to date, I don't need backup to my computer. And if I delete those backed up files, I'm not deleting them from Dropbox, right? 

[yesthatsandra]

Also, they are not copying to my desktop every fifteen minutes. Is there a way to keep the backup but stop the copying (which is at more like a once a week interval)? thank you!

[Megan]

Hey @yesthatsandra, when did you first start noticing this behavior? 

Also, would you mind clarifying your exact OS, and the version of the app? It looks like you're using Windows 11, right? 

You should be able to locate the version of the app by hovering your mouse over the little Dropbox icon on your task bar, next to your WiFi.