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How to delete files that are waiting to be synced?

How to delete files that are waiting to be synced?

ckr
New member | Level 2

I had to pause sync because there are files I dont wont sync. How do I delete those files shown as "waiting to sync"?

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Rich
Super User II

@ckr wrote:

I had to pause sync because there are files I dont wont sync. How do I delete those files shown as "waiting to sync"?


If a file is in your Dropbox folder, it's going to sync. If you don't want it to sync, move the file out of your Dropbox folder to another location on your computer.

ckr
New member | Level 2

how do i move it out of that folder?

Walter
Dropbox Staff

Hey @ckr sorry to jump in, but I just wanted to mention that you should be able to move the files out of your Dropbox folder as you would from any other folder on your computer. 

 

Also, if you'd like to pause syncing, you can follow these steps


Walter
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
dropbox.com/support


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