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How to move Files to a Folder Outside Dropbox on Mac
I would like to move some files out of Dropbox to another folder on my Mac, outside Dropbox, in order to archive them but also to have them no longer taking up Dropbox space. After searching the help files, I have found no way to do this. Does any one know if it's possible to do what I want? Thank you.
You can definitely do it that way, Diane.
Meaning you can just download the files from the website and then delete them from the account. It will work the same.
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Hey dianefranklin, thanks for joining our Community.
Do you have the Dropbox application installed on your Mac computer?
If you do, and if all your files are set to 'available offline', you should be able to drag them out of the Dropbox folder in Finder, and drop them to any other location you want.
This will delete them from Dropbox and move them to the location you chose.
If Dropbox space is the issue, you can always make your files 'online-only' or use selective sync, to free up some space, without deleting files from Dropbox.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks for the information. But I could not find anywhere to see the files to be available offline. Can you explain how to set them as available offline?
The closest thing I found that might work was being able to download the files to another place on my computer. But that seemed to require me to download the files one at a time. I'd like to move the entire folder at once.
Thanks.
- Hannah
No worries, Diane!
You should be able to right-click on the Dropbox folder itself and choose "make available offline".
