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Renaming PC backups in Dropbox Backup

If one of my several PCs fail, how do I know which backup to recover, since they all seem to share a generic name? Any ideas would be helpful.

Thanks.

Bruce

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Megan

Hey @brucekaiser, I hope you're doing well!

It's not entirely convenient, but you'd need to check the content of the Backup, in order to do so.

However, I definitely see how important and useful that'd be. We listen to your needs because it allows us to fully appreciate how Dropbox fits into and influences your daily routine.

I'll forward your feedback to the appropriate areas so we can continue to improve.

Thanks!

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Megan

Hey @brucekaiser, I hope you're doing well!

It's not entirely convenient, but you'd need to check the content of the Backup, in order to do so.

However, I definitely see how important and useful that'd be. We listen to your needs because it allows us to fully appreciate how Dropbox fits into and influences your daily routine.

I'll forward your feedback to the appropriate areas so we can continue to improve.

Thanks!

kynnor

It's been a long time, still no "Rename" tools PC in backup
My backup now are PC , PC(2), very inconvenient

4wk_

Hi. Dropbox Backup exist now in 2 versions. The one you use is the older, and you cannot rename backups. A new version is available, but in order to use it you have to do some steps on every one of your device having a backup: (please make sure you have copies of your data)

Unlink Backup (on the desktop app, click on your profile picture > Preferences > Backups > Manage Backups > Delete Backup
After some time, close the desktop app
Go on https://www.dropbox.com/backup/all and delete the corresponding folder if it's still present
Do that for all backup-ed devices
Launch the desktop app again
Enable Dropbox Backup again, select your folders, etc
Now, in the "Manage Backups" menu, you will have a "Rename" button

PLEASE BE AWARE that:
- if you migrate to the new Dropbox Backup, you cannot go back to the old version
- one big difference is that you cannot see the backup-ed devices folders on your regular Dropbox folder. In other words: at the moment you can see "PC(2)" folder (and all its files) inside your Dropbox folder on your first PC; after migration, you won't be able to see "PC(2)" backup-ed files on your first PC. You will be able to access it only on https://www.dropbox.com/backup/all