Cancel an online-only file download (as it is happening)

MikeB1971

Hi Folks,

Well this is odd.

If you have a large online-only file and you (double-)click it to access it in Windows Explorer, Dropbox starts downloading it (syncing it).

So far so good.

But what if I want to cancel that sync?

The only button I see here is "Sync next" (which, incidentally, does absolutely nothing, the file continues to download).

Imagine having three 300 GB files online and clicking them all by mistake... you'd block your sync queue for days.

What am I doing wrong? Is there maybe an option to have Dropbox ask me if I am sure, because I don't see the point of making files online-only if I can simply revert that status by clicking them in Explorer. They should be a little harder to get offline again, surely?

Thx,

Mike

Jay

Hi @MikeB1971, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

Currently, there isn't a direct feature to stop this downloading of the file when you attempt to open it.

 

What you could try is to right click the file or folder, and mark it as available online-only, so that they won't try to download.

 

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.