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How to Disable Deletion Warning for Online-Only Files

Whenever I try to delete an online-only file in my Dropbox folder on macOS, I get a confirmation popup saying the file will be deleted immediately and cannot be undone. While I understand the purpose of this warning, it has become frustrating when managing files frequently.

Is there a way to disable this warning?

Thank you for your help!

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Jay

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

Is this a prompt from the Dropbox desktop application, or from Finder?

If you quit the Dropbox desktop application entirely, do you still get this message?

This will help me to assist further!

klemensovo

Hi Jay,

I just quit Dropbox app entirely, and I was still receiving this message. I hope that helps you.

Jay

Thanks for the info. This means that this is a prompt generated by Finder, and not Dropbox, since it's still occurring when the app has been exited.

You may be able to find a setting within the Finder settings to disable this notification when deleting files.