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Moving Dropbox app to external hard drive when I am not the administrator of the account.
I am not the administrator of my office's Dropbox account, and I also use the Dropbox desktop app. My C drive is now full and no longer syncing. I purchased an external hard drive and need to move ...
Megan
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey MChat1, I'd be happy to help with that!
Based on what you described, it sounds like you're part of a Business Team, am I right on this?
Now, keep in mind that even if this is the case, and even if you're just a member in this Team, then that wouldn't stop you from having your desktop app, wherever you want to.
With that being said, we don't advise that you move your content on an external hard drive. You can read more about this here, and also see the steps to do it here.
If you have any questions, let me know!
Since I'm not the admin, I can't get to preferences. I'd like to simply remove the dropbox desktop files that I don't want and leave the folders that I need on there. Please tell me how I can do that because my C drive is now full and I can't do anything at all!
