# Dropbox and Onedrive locations being automatically changed....effect on indexed DT databases

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**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dropbox-and-onedrive-locations-being-automatically-changed-effect-on-indexed-dt-databases/69244 "2022-01-27T15:14:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/dropbox-and-onedrive-locations-being-automatically-changed-effect-on-indexed-dt-databases/69244/26 "2022-02-27T10:12:55Z")

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> [@mdbraber](#):
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> Would it be possible to make this a (hidden) preference, because this is actually the behavior I want (delete in DT → delete in iCloud indexed folder)

If an indexed cloud file is deleted in DEVONthink, then it’s deleted on the local computer (after confirming the alert) too. Afterwards it’s up to the cloud service/app to synchronize the filesystem to other computers to avoid race conditions.

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