# Keep all files downloaded

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [July 14, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722 "2025-07-14T07:20:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![C.Gerrits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@C.Gerrits](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/C.Gerrits)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722/1 "2025-07-14T07:20:18Z")

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With this new update, all my files (aka our ENTIRE database) is now automatically set to be removed locally after 30 days and be saved on the cloud only, with an on demand download if we need the file again. This isn’t a major issue but since I mainly use Shapr3D on a PC, I’d really like to have every file local AS WELL as on the cloud, to keep redundancy and make sure that it’s less likely we lose anything.

I’d REALLY appreciate a setting to either change all existing files to “keep downloaded” or to just disable the automatic local deletion.

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**Author:** ![jean-philippe2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jean-philippe2/32/27353_2.png) [@jean-philippe2](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jean-philippe2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722/3 "2025-07-17T09:11:40Z")

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Hi C.G,  
In the **Dashboard** , select all your files (control A), right clic and choose **Keep downloaded.**

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**Author:** ![C.Gerrits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@C.Gerrits](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/C.Gerrits)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722/4 "2025-07-17T10:01:44Z")

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This doesn’t seem to be an option for folders. We make a folder with files per customer we have, which is getting close to a thousand folders, going into every single one to do that is gonna take a LONG time haha

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**Author:** ![jean-philippe2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/jean-philippe2/32/27353_2.png) [@jean-philippe2](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/jean-philippe2)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722/5 "2025-07-17T10:24:13Z")

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Yes, indeed…

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**Author:** ![BerenV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@BerenV](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BerenV)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722/6 "2025-08-01T23:03:05Z")

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I would also really like to see this option added. I have plenty of storage for all my projects locally and never want them offloaded to the cloud only without asking me first. There are plenty of cases where I might not have internet access and need to open an old file to grab a part or show someone something.

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/31690_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/keep-all-files-downloaded/38722/7 "2025-08-03T16:28:42Z")

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> [@Disabling Sync or leaving the Shapr3D](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/disabling-sync-or-leaving-the-shapr3d/38349/49):
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> Had some time off so here is a summary what can be done. This if you have hundreds/thousands projects well organized in hundreds of folders in macOS and need you projects locally for some reason… WARNING; YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING OR YOU RISC YOUR DATA (projects). To update from ≤5.900 to the latest: Check the downloaded status of projects, in terminal, run; sqlite3 ~/Library/Containers/com.shapr3d.shapr/Data/Library/Application\ Support/com.shapr3d.shapr/storage/projectStorage.db …