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DropoxSince2008
Helpful | Level 5
5 months ago

Download an entire backup of all files including those in the vault

Please provide a feature to backup the entire content of all files in dropbox (including the vault). The result might be a multi-volume RAR file for example.

 

It would be understanding if the resulting files would only be available within 24~48hours, and be downloadable only for a week after which the files are removed.

 

This feature is available on almost all Dropbox competitors, including Google Drive.

 

(PS: The current workarounds are totally not usable: downloading small subsets less than 250GB or 10,000 files at a time; and moving files out of Vault for the time being, which times out if it takes too long)

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    Hey there DropoxSince2008 - thanks for sharing your thoughts on this with us.

     

    I've passed your feedback on to the team and you can let us know if you have anything else to add.

     

    Thanks!

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