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Profile Settings - Deletions

Syncovery offers various ways to treat deleted files. On many storages, they can be moved to the Recycle Bin. As an alternative, deleted files can be moved to a specified folder. This feature is compatible with all storages and Internet protocols, and Syncovery can remember the deletion date by encoding it into the file name.

Use Recycle Bin
These options cause Syncovery to try to use the recycle bin for overwritten files and/or files to be deleted. That way, you will  have a chance of retrieving older versions that were replaced or deleted, if necessary. Please note that the recycle bin is not always available, especially not on network drives or FTP servers.

Move Deleted Files Into A Specified Folder...
This setting provides a more reliable alternative to the recycle bin. Rather than deleting files, they will be moved into a special folder which you specify. This setting works even with network drives or FTP servers.

Remember Deletion Time and Date
When Syncovery moves deleted files into the "folder for deleted files", it usually doesn't remember when the deletion occurred. When this checkmark is chosen, Syncovery will encode the deletion time and date into the filename in the folder for deleted files. That way, when restoring files, you can restore exactly the files that existed at any fiven point in the past.

Never Delete Any Files (Only Folders)
This checkmark allows Exact Mirror to be used to mirror the folder structure but prevent any files from being deleted from the destination.

Double-Check the Non-Existence of Files Before Deleting them on the Other Side
This checkmark causes the program perform a double-check of files before deleting them from the other side. Deletions can occur in Exact Mirror and SmartTracking mode if files have been removed from one side. However to rule out any uncertainty the program can double-check if such files are really no longer there. This might be necessary if unstable network connections might cause files not to be seen even though they are still there.

Delete Older Versions Permanently
This setting causes older versions of deleted files to be removed from the destination.

Execute the File Deletions Phase Before the Copying Phase
To free space on the destination, file deletions normally take place before new and updated files are copied. However to protect the integrity of the data on the destination better, you can uncheck this option so that the deletions are done last. 


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Upper Part Of Dialog Box
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