# How to disconnect Finder and DT3

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**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [December 7, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-disconnect-finder-and-dt3/52348 "2019-12-07T04:44:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-disconnect-finder-and-dt3/52348/1 "2019-12-07T04:44:05Z")

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The index of the selected folder can be made by “File\> Index Files & Folders …”. As a result, DT3 file changes are reflected in the Finder. So what can you do to break this connection?

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**Post date:** [December 7, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/how-to-disconnect-finder-and-dt3/52348/2 "2019-12-07T14:58:02Z")

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You can’t.  
Just don’t index files. Import, i.e. copy, them.