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Dropbox Files Take Up Hard Drive Space
My laptop keeps showing me that my Dropbox files are taking up space on my hard drive. I am certain they are syncing and on the cloud. How do I resolve this? Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to post here, Roni5050.
Just wanted to let you know that the Dropbox desktop app's job is to sync local versions of your files to your computer.
This allows you to access your Dropbox files and work on them, even if you're not connected to the internet and it's our preferred method of uploading/downloading larger files.
You can of course still use the website and if you'd like, you can also use our selective sync feature, which will help you remove entire folders from your Dropbox folder, but keep them on dropbox.com, to free up some of your space.
I hope this helps!
Hello
I am workung with Dropbox
One of my reasons for using dropbook is that my hard disk is small
I thought that the files I save in the cloud will not take space on the hard drive
And it turns out I was wrong
Why is there double saving
What are the disadvantages of working in the Dropbox web interface versus working in Dropbox installed on a computer?
What should I do in order to transfer files that are now saved in Dropbox installed on the computer to files that will be saved in the web interface? As mentioned, I don't have enough space on my hard disk
Can it work on the 2 interfaces together? So some of the files will remain installed on the computer and some on the web interface?
- Hannah
Dropbox Staff
Thanks for taking the time to post here, Roni5050.
Just wanted to let you know that the Dropbox desktop app's job is to sync local versions of your files to your computer.
This allows you to access your Dropbox files and work on them, even if you're not connected to the internet and it's our preferred method of uploading/downloading larger files.
You can of course still use the website and if you'd like, you can also use our selective sync feature, which will help you remove entire folders from your Dropbox folder, but keep them on dropbox.com, to free up some of your space.
I hope this helps!
