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If I delete a Dropbox file synced on my computer, will it delete it from my Dropbox account?
I have been trying to copy all of my files on my computer to drop box. I am on to pictures and have a ton - now I'm running out of space on my hard drive. Can I safely delete files from my hard drive...
Keiran wrote:
... I cannot delete it from my machine without losing my files ... Rubbish!Sure you can. As described previously, Selective Sync allows you to remove the local copy of a folder while keeping that folder in your account online. If you have a Professional account, you also have access to Smart Sync, which allows you to remove the local copy of a file or folder while still having it appear on your local drive.
I have dropbox installed on my machine under two different users and would like to delete it from one of them as the account is no longer used and I'm doubling up on hd space because of it. The issue I have is that the account has be removed and cannot be logged into. I can still access the files through c drive users file in explorer. If delete it here will it delete the files that are linked on other machines? I hope not as I cannot log into the user account and therefore cannot sync to dropbox from it. I hope this all makes some sense!?
Regardless of either account exist or not or logged in, when a computer has an installed dropboxed and has an account sync, that file deleted in from your pc will be deleted as well.
to be safe save all your files on an external hd before deleting in your computer.
If you are sharing the file to someone in dropbox,upod deletion they will no longer see it.
