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Marshal mellow's avatar
Marshal mellow
Collaborator | Level 8
2 years ago

trying to make space

I'm going nuts here.  I have a folder that's quite large and I'm trying to move it to make space. I don't want it on my C drive because itt doesn't have a lot of space and Dropbox tells me I'm runnin...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi Marshal mellow, the Dropbox service is primarily to sync files from one device to another, and not to backup your computer or files in order to free up space on your computer.

     

    As the syncing is live, any deletions on the computer would also be reflected on the site.

Marshal mellow's avatar
Marshal mellow
Collaborator | Level 8
Thank you for your advice but I read the sync thing on the website and I don't understand it. That's my problem 😭
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Hannah
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2 years ago

Are you having trouble following the steps to accomplish this? What are you having an issue with exactly?

 

Let me know!

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