i want to save my files to dropbox only and avoid onedrive how do i do that

To save your files directly to Dropbox instead of OneDrive, you can change the default save location in your Microsoft Office applications. Here are the steps:

1. Open any Microsoft Office application, such as Word or Excel.
2. Click on "File" in the top left corner.
3. Click on "Options" at the bottom of the left-hand menu.
4. Click on "Save" in the left-hand menu.
5. Under "Save documents," select "This PC" from the drop-down menu.
6. Click on "Browse" and navigate to your Dropbox folder.
7. Select your Dropbox folder and click "OK."
8. Click "OK" again to save the changes.

From now on, when you save a document in Microsoft Office, it will automatically save to your Dropbox folder instead of OneDrive.

The above is Microsoft solution. However, the Default location for files is setup with Word. With Word open>File>Options>Advanced>Save. Make sure you click in>Save to computer by Default>Then in>Default local file location>Browse to where you want it (make sure below there is no reference to save to OneDrive. It is not on mine but a user reported it was non theirs and caused a problem). You will note that the default location for my files is my D Drive. I have no problem with settings below.

Then if you go to Excel you should see >Save to Computer by Default. My save location is to C Drive. I have not changed it. Does not make any difference.

Hello KenPearson2! I'm Gunasekar and I'll be happy to help you with your question.

You can unlink your Microsoft account from the OneDrive desktop client app. So that your files will no longer sync to OneDrive. To do that,

a. Right-click the OneDrive icon on the taskbar. b. Select Settings. c. Click Accounts. d. Select Unlink this PC.

Once unlinked, you can set up Dropbox Backup to automatically copy your computer files into a secure folder that you can access in the case of loss or damage.

I hope this information helps. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will be happy to help you further.

Best regards,

Gunasekar N

Gunasekar, Thank you for getting back to me on this. I'm not sure if this message will get to you but here goes.I was successful in unlinking my computer and things seemed to be working fine for some files. But today I had an open Excel file (saved in my Dropbox account)and I used "save as" to change the name. The path shows as Onedrive - Personal but I can't find that path on my computer. In any event that is not where I want the file anyway. I know the path but now Excel doesn't offer me the "Save As" option now. So I can't put the file where I want it, I can't find it in Onedrive, so it is useless unless I keep it open.Ken Pearson