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Slow Upload Speeds
I am experiencing very slow upload speeds even though I have recently upgraded by internet connection (100mbs down and 40mbs up). I am a videographer who needs to upload gigabytes worth of footage on...
Yes I do have just over 300k files in my dropbox account and have only started encoutering this issue recently
Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi from me as well, RogueXLR!
Please keep in mind that the Dropbox app’s performance may decline if it tries to sync more than 300k files.
What I’d like you to try, in case you have any large folders you don’t need to be synced locally, is to use selective sync and remove them from the desktop app, so that they only appear on www.dropbox.com.
Let me know if this seems to help.
Ok I have just removed some files that way the total is under 300k and upload speed is now up to my max plan speed. I still don't understand how if there are more than 300k files and if nothing has changed on say 250k of them, why it drastically slows down the upload speed. I get that it has to check every file one by one but making it slow down upload speed is odd.
- Nancy
I’m glad to hear this seems to have solved the issue, RogueXLR!
If you’d like to check more info on this, please take a look at this Help Center article, as well.
Hope this helps.
Hello I am back with experiencing more slow upload speeds despite the total file count being below 300k. My upload caps out between 5-10Mbps compared to the usual 40Mbps based on my plan speed. I have even gone to the lengths of completely uninstalling and reinstalling the desktop app and even tried uploading directly to the website and still have the same slow upload speed. I don't know what is going on and why this has changed suddenly in the past 6 months.
