You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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Luisfernava
New member | Level 1
3 days ago

Deleting files to free up space should be reflected immediately

Deleting files to free up space should be reflected immediately on your Dropbox account. Why do I have to wait 12 hours to see the changes applied? If I reach the limit of my storage, that's what hap...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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2 days ago

Dropbox does update instantly unless you are on a Team account. 

Its also worth remembering that www.dropbox.com/backups also uses space. 

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