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Dropbox Files Take Up Hard Drive Space
My laptop keeps showing me that my Dropbox files are taking up space on my hard drive. I am certain they are syncing and on the cloud. How do I resolve this? Thanks.
Thanks for taking the time to post here, Roni5050.
Just wanted to let you know that the Dropbox desktop app's job is to sync local versions of your files to your computer.
This allows you to access your Dropbox files and work on them, even if you're not connected to the internet and it's our preferred method of uploading/downloading larger files.
You can of course still use the website and if you'd like, you can also use our selective sync feature, which will help you remove entire folders from your Dropbox folder, but keep them on dropbox.com, to free up some of your space.
I hope this helps!
I have this problem as well. I have already set everything to online-only through smart sync. It doesn't matter - the laptop that I use which I need to access my dropox with still screams that it's out of space, and that huge files in my dropbox are the problem. I have looked everywhere and found no more options to set, no more menus to pull down... no matter what I do, DB is still claiming local HD space.
Please help.
Walter
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHey gwilcken, sorry to hear you're having issues this.
If you've made sure that the app is 'up to date' and not still syncing in your computer's system tray/menu bar, then, the space might be taken up by the cache folder.
Could that be the case here?
Keep me posted!
