Safely removing external hard drive from dropbox

Question

Hi, I seem to have an external hard drive in my dropbox which I don't want there. How do I safely remove it from dropbox without wiping it?! I looked in the desktop app under preferences/backups/manage backups but it's not there. I'm scared to click delete on the web page in case it starts deleting the drive contents. What do I do?

Graham · Answer

Hi @richp75,

Happy Friday! I hope you're having a good week!

Deleting anything can be a scary situation, especially when it's a whole drive's worth of important work stuff! So, I just wanted to check in with you to make sure everything when smoothly when you got around to pressed the button.

Thanks!

Megan · Answer

Hi @richp75, yes, you should be safe to delete it, and the drive will remain intact.

richp75 · Answer

Thanks for your reply Jay. Yes I can see the drive there. So if I click delete (the scary bit!) you are sure it won't erase the drive? It's a work drive so you understand my caution!