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How can I delete my files from a computer remotely?

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I was recently removed from the office forcefully, still logged in dropbox with my personal dropbox account at office PC, how do I delete the files on the office hard drive remotely using dropbox? They haven't notice it yet and I want to delete all my hard work converting hard copy data into digital.

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Hannah

Hi there, @n00ne224, thanks for joining our Community.

We do offer a remote wipe feature, which is a feature that's currently available to our paid plans.

If you're on a free plan, while you won't be able to wipe the files, you can still remove the computer from your connected devices by following the same steps, so that the computer will stop syncing to your account.

I hope this helps, but if you have more questions, please let me know.

n00ne224

If i deleted the file in dropbox, the files in the remote pc will also be deleted right? But I must first back it up some else first to avoid losing it all

Rich

n00ne224 wrote:
If i deleted the file in dropbox, the files in the remote pc will also be deleted right?

If the computer is turned on and still logged in as you, yes. Basically, Dropbox needs to be running in order for it to sync changes to your files. If they've logged you out of the computer, then Dropbox won't be running and it won't sync your changes.

n00ne224 wrote:
But I must first back it up some else first to avoid losing it all

If you intend to keep the files, then yes, you would need to back them up to a different location before you delete them from the Dropbox folder. You could also just move them out of the Dropbox folder to a new location. That would achieve the same thing.

n00ne224

Thank you

Megan

Hey @n00ne224!

Our pleasure. If you need something else, please let us know and we will be more than happy to help every step of the way. 😇