Back Up Windows to Dropbox — Automatically and Encrypted

Last updated June 2, 2026

Turn your Dropbox into a real backup target: scheduled, AES-256 encrypted, versioned backups of any Windows folder — encrypted so Dropbox can't read them.

Dropbox is great at keeping one folder identical across your devices. It's not a backup — but the storage you pay Dropbox for makes a perfectly good backup destination. BackupKit backs up the folders you choose to your Dropbox on a schedule, encrypted locally first, with version history you control.

Sync vs. backup, briefly

Sync mirrors changes both ways — including deletions and corruption. Dropbox keeps deleted-file and version history for a limited window, but only for files inside your Dropbox folder, and it isn't a per-folder backup with retention rules. BackupKit writes deliberate, versioned, encrypted archives of whatever folders matter, so a mistake today doesn't erase a good copy from last week.

  • Back up any folder on any drive, not just the Dropbox folder.
  • Versioned archives + retention by age or count, set by you.
  • AES-256 before upload: Dropbox stores an archive it can't read.
Your data, encrypted with your key

BackupKit encrypts client-side with a password only you hold, so the contents stay private even though Dropbox holds the bytes. Keep that password somewhere safe — without it the backup can't be decrypted.

Sync mirrors one copy, so a deletion travels to Dropbox with everything else. A backup writes a dated archive per run, so an earlier day is still there to restore.
Sync keeps one copy in step. Backup keeps yesterday.

Set it up

  1. Connect Dropbox in BackupKit and authorize access.
  2. Create a job: source folders, Dropbox destination folder.
  3. Configure encryption, schedule, retention, compression, and filters.
  4. Activate: runs unattended, alerts you on failure.
BackupKit cloud storage picker showing Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, pCloud, MEGA, Koofr and OpenDrive
Dropbox connects the same way as every other consumer cloud — authorise once, then pick a folder.

Common questions

Does this use my Dropbox space?

Yes. Backups consume your Dropbox quota; compression and retention keep usage reasonable. For very large datasets, a NAS or FTP destination is usually cheaper per gigabyte.

Can I back up to Dropbox and a NAS together?

Yes — run two jobs against the same source for a 3-2-1 setup: one local copy, one off-site in Dropbox, each with its own schedule and retention.

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