Unchecking a folder in the Nextcloud app DELETES LOCAL FILES!

[slylabs13]

Hi all. I thought I had tested this and found out it only deleted server files, but I just deleted a user’s ENTIRE DATA FILE on the server, simply by unchecking the folder in the Nextcloud app. It even says that is what it is going to do, but I thought it was just a misworded thing. Turns out it REALLY WILL DELETE THE ORIGINAL FILES!

If this is just a bug, fine, it can be fixed. If this is the INTENDED BEHAVIOR then I must now remove this device from my network and NEVER EVER use it again. There is NO WAY a sync application should be DELETING LOCAL FILES!!!

Any help is appreciated.

[JasonBayton]

Duplicate, merged into:

Unchecked folders will be REMOVED from your file system

In the settings window where the files I am syncing are displayed, there is text at the bottom of the window that says, “Unchecked folders will be REMOVED from your file system.” This CANNOT means what it is actually saying. I had to test it to make sure it did NOT do what the message was saying, because this is going to freak out my boss, who I am trying to convince to use this solution. I know what it really means is unchecked folders will be removed from the cloud file system. Someone should…