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Aug 4, 2025 · You can mark files and folders as online-only by right clicking them and choosing the 'Online-only' option. You can do this in bulk by selecting the entire Dropbox folder itself and …

Dropbox keeps deleted files for a limited time in case you need to restore them, but after that period, they are gone forever. To avoid permanent deletion, it's recommended to regularly …

Why do they get re-synced on the new device? I just moved 80 Gbytes of Dropbox folders and files (not that much really) to my new computer. First I copied them to an external hard drive. …

A sync happens automatically in your Dropbox account. If there’s a change—a new file, folder, or Space, an edit to an existing file, or a deletion—Dropbox will update those changes from one …

Jul 27, 2025 · How can I make all my Dropbox files available offline, without manually clicking on all of them? i want to get stuff out of DB yet it wont sync. it has a cloud icon. i manually have to …

Jul 21, 2025 · The right-click options in your screenshot are the ones you see when right-clicking on individual folders within your Dropbox folder, right? Do you want to make all your Dropbox …

Jul 11, 2025 · Dropbox has been stuck/indexing thousands of files on my computer. Starting this week, my Dropbox has been constantly syncing thousands of files, which never seem to end. …

Hey Brooknei, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community. Can you please clarify, how you made the files available offline? You mentioned selective sync, so did you sync the files …