# Sync between desktop and phone

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sync-between-desktop-and-phone/18557>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [9 July 2021 10:11 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sync-between-desktop-and-phone/18557 "2021-07-09T10:11:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [12 July 2021 11:02 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/sync-between-desktop-and-phone/18557/6 "2021-07-12T11:02:37Z")

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As I am not familiar with dropbox sync, I can say little about it.  
Has the App or Joplin folder been renamed in Dropbox?

> [@Error: POST files/list\_folder: Error (409)](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/error-post-files-list-folder-error-409/11085/11):
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> Update: I have excluded, some time ago, the synchronization of .lock, .sync, locks and temp in Dropbox/Applications/Joplin. (With the Dropbox application itself, not possible on the Web, AFAIK.) I restored .lock and .sync, but I still had the same error. I restored the two others, and synchronization went without error. I fear the advice given above is no longer valid, and we have to live with permanent creation and deletion of files there. I disabled the notifications of Dropbox to avoid se…

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