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guruuno
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9 hours ago

ACTUAL SPACE BEING USED TO COMPARE ONLINE VS OFFLINE

I wish to view my actual use of storage online vs. offline. If I choose to make available offline, then they should be equal. All past searches as well as Google searches reference old screenshots ...
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Jay
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3 hours ago

Hi guruuno, thanks for messaging the Community.

The Dropbox cache folder can contain a lot of data in it, and while it should be emptied automatically, sometimes this doesn't happen, and might need to be emptied manually.

Additionally, there are specific files that aren't uploaded to Dropbox which could potentially add to the local file storage, such as those listed here.

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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