The information in this article applies to certain types of admins on Dropbox Professional, Essentials, Standard, Business, Advanced, Business Plus, and Enterprise plans.
Note: This feature is not currently available to users with Dropbox for macOS on File Provider.
As an admin, you can use dropbox.com to make files online-only so they don’t take up hard drive space. This article explains how admins can manage online-only settings for their teams.
Certain types of admins can change the default setting for new files stored and synced in Dropbox. Two things to consider are:
If you make changes to an offline file or folder while you’re not connected to the internet, those changes won’t automatically sync between your offline device and the others devices you use to access Dropbox. The changes will sync once you are back online. Learn more about how Dropbox syncs your files.
Note: The Dropbox system extension allows you to open online-only files from File Explorer (Windows), Finder (Mac), or third-party applications. Team admins also have the option to uninstall the Dropbox system extension from team members’ computers.
Note: The settings an admin chooses here affect all team members.
To manage the default sync settings for your team:
Team members can make individual files and folders online-only or local on their own computers and go back to managing their own settings at any time.
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