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PeterCPH
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Dropbox settings for syncing. I am officially confused.

Hello. This is my first attemt to get help here.  I have an account which is as far asI I can detect something called Person Plus and i have 2 TB of space available.  It is not a business and not...
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  • PeterCPH's avatar
    PeterCPH
    2 years ago

    Now I have tried it. I deleted it on the webpage, and it disappeared from the desktop app. 

    A little backwards, but that seems to have done the trick. Thank you for your suggestion.

    It seems everything is back to normal for now. 

    🙂

     

     

     

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Walter
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Hey PeterCPH, sorry to jump in here, but have you tried deleting the backup of your external drive instead of disabling it? 

PeterCPH's avatar
PeterCPH
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Now I have tried it. I deleted it on the webpage, and it disappeared from the desktop app. 

A little backwards, but that seems to have done the trick. Thank you for your suggestion.

It seems everything is back to normal for now. 

🙂

 

 

 

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    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Glad I could help, Peter.

     

    See you around the Community and take care!

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      PeterCPH
      New member | Level 2
      2 years ago

      Thank you Nancy and Walther

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