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

Forum Discussion

Cendrillon's avatar
Cendrillon
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

Dropbox Syncing Without My Permission

Hi!  I am running into a potential problem with Dropbox.  When I started up my Windows 10 PC this evening, the Dropbox desktop app on my screen immediately started syncing, even though I had not prom...
Desktop
Sync
Windows
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    4 years ago
    The Dropbox desktop application would only sync other computer folders (namely Desktop, Documents and Downloads) if you enabled the computer backup feature.

    If it's disabled, all that would be synced are the files in the Dropbox folder itself. It doesn't sync your entire computer, as this feature isn't available on Dropbox.
Walter's avatar
Walter
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
2 years ago

Hey jasonspiano, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

When you say you don't have permission, can you send us a screenshot of the exact error you're getting so that we can have a look too?

 

Also, do you see any backed up folders on your backups page?

  • jasonspiano's avatar
    jasonspiano
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

      Hey jasonspiano, do you have admin privileges on the PC?

About Create, upload, and share

Find help to solve issues with creating, uploading, and sharing files and folders in Dropbox. Get support and advice 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!