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wimdeceuk
Explorer | Level 4
10 months ago

old_files cache folder occupying too much space on Ubuntu

My hard disk space is running low regularly because the old_files folder in the dropbox cache takes too much space (40+ GB). I have to manually delete this folder every couple of days now. Is there a...
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wimdeceuk
Explorer | Level 4

Thanks. I should have explained that they aren't removed automatically in my case.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
10 months ago

Hi wimdeceuk,

Yes, cache files may stay much longer unfortunately - one more imperfection (not to say something else). An easy workaround might be a cron job that wipe out the cache let say once a day (or some other period, convenient for you). 😉

Good luck.

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