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Grant W.1's avatar
Grant W.1
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

Smart Sync and removing local files

Hello, I'm attempting to convert my dropbox folder on my desktop to smart sync, so that I'm not storing any local files on my harddrive in order to save space.  Currently, my folder has some local ...
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  • atccodex's avatar
    atccodex
    7 years ago

    Hi Grant W.1

     

    So first and foremost, Dropbox is a sync solution, not a backup. When sync is turned on, it sync the local file to the cloud. If you delete the local file, it will also destroy the cloud copy. You can directly upload your files for storage using the web client https://www.dropbox.com/home and then that will be stored independently of your local files. 

     

    As for the status, if you click on the little dropbox logo in the system tray, it should give you the current sync status of your files.

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mcgoody
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

I changed to Smart Sync but all files are still shown as Local, and I can't manually change. 

Changed to Smart Sync: online in Admin and my User and on desktop yesterday

Do I just need to give it more time for the local files to be removed?

Or do I need to take more steps to clear my (nearly full) hard drive?

Thank you!

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