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mrempel73
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

How Do I Reduce Storage Space By Removing files?

I have the basic 2 Gb of storage.  I have been sent files as part of a group and am now way over my storage limit.  If I delete the files from Drop Box, it removes them for all that are in the share ...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    mrempel73 wrote:

    I have been sent files as part of a group and am now way over my storage limit.  ... How do I remove those files and get under my 2 Gb limit without affecting others' access to them?

    You need to leave the shared folder.

     

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Rich
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2 years ago
mrempel73 wrote:

I have been sent files as part of a group and am now way over my storage limit.  ... How do I remove those files and get under my 2 Gb limit without affecting others' access to them?

You need to leave the shared folder.

 

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