We are aware of the issue with the badge emails resending to everyone, we apologise for the inconvenience - learn more here.

Forum Discussion

Benjo1216's avatar
Benjo1216
Explorer | Level 3
5 years ago

Time Period for Smart Sync

Hi,   Is there a way to adjust the time period for smart sync to 'unload' files back to online only?   we have some large projects and files that may not be touched for a few months and we ke...
Desktop
  • DV87's avatar
    DV87
    3 years ago

    there’s not a specific period of time over which the Dropbox app converts your files automatically to online-only.

    Thanks Nancy ... I'm honestly just not sure I believe this. The Dropbox app must have some method to determine that downloaded files and/or folders haven't been accessed for while... Maybe it's not a super-specific interval or "countdown" timer, but I was just hoping for a bit more detail on how this feature works. Thanks anyway!

Nancy's avatar
Nancy
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

Hi DV87, I hope you don’t mind me jumping in, as well. 

 

From what I know, there’s not a specific period of time over which the Dropbox app converts your files automatically to online-only. In general, this can happen after a few months of inactivity (if you don’t access a specific file, for example).

DV87's avatar
DV87
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

there’s not a specific period of time over which the Dropbox app converts your files automatically to online-only.

Thanks Nancy ... I'm honestly just not sure I believe this. The Dropbox app must have some method to determine that downloaded files and/or folders haven't been accessed for while... Maybe it's not a super-specific interval or "countdown" timer, but I was just hoping for a bit more detail on how this feature works. Thanks anyway!

About View, download, and export

Need support with viewing, downloading, and exporting files and folders from your Dropbox account? Find help from the Dropbox Community.

Need more support

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X or Facebook.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!