Force dropbox to download all files

Click your profile picture or initials and select Preferences Change the selection for Smart Sync Default : Admin default : the default setting chosen by your team admin.

Local : all new content downloads to your computer. Online-only : manually download files to your computer when you need them. In your case, you would want all new Dropbox content to be set to Local Finally, you might want to consider disabling Smart Sync altogether, if you wish, by disabling system extensions on Dropbox website settings. Hope this helps! Joonas View solution in original post. Hi there! Regards, Joonas. Super User II. Juunas wrote: Unfortunately my reply keeps getting caught in the forum spam filter, hopefully it can be restored soon for some suggestions.

Re: How can I keep my files local and not online only? Helpful Level 5. Explorer Level 4. Let me know - thanks! Hello, Try this out: 1. Right click on your most top level dropbox folder I keep mine on my desktop called DropBox.

Select the option near the top to view your folder on dropbox. A browser will open. Go to settings 5. Go down the menu a bit and find "Dropbox system extension" 6. Work Smarter with Dropbox The way we work is changing. The way we work is changing. Share and discover new ways to work smarter with Dropbox in our community. If you need more help you can view your support options expected response time for a ticket is 24 hours , or contact us on Twitter or Facebook.

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Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Folders within your Public folder cannot be shared. Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0. Related wikiHows How to. How to. There isnt anything you can do now I'm afraid but make space on the computer for it. Dropbox needs to have at least the amount of space free that you are SmartSyncing.

Sadly theres no way around it now. If I boot from another drive and reinstall the OS on the full drive after deleting its Dropbox folder, will that be sufficient, or when I boot up will Dropbox resume and fill the drive again, or worse yet delete all my Dropbox files on all the other computers? To be honest what I would do is for safety sake! New member Level 2. I am having a similar issue! What gives? I need help ASAP, please! Work Smarter with Dropbox The way we work is changing.

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