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I need to delete folders on my laptop
Hi there! I have dropbox folders on my laptop, which take up so much space. I already uninstalled dropbox desktop, but the folders aren't gone. Will the files be deleted if I delete these folders?
Hey Carza, thanks for posting on our Community!
Uninstalling the desktop app wouldn't be deleting any of your files or folders on your computer.
Now that you've uninstalled the desktop app, your Dropbox folder is a local copy of the files you had stored in your Dropbox account and you could move or delete them as needed.
I hope this helps and please let us know if you have any other questions.
Greetings! My laptop has dropbox folders that take up a lot of space. I've uninstalled Dropbox desktop, but the folders remain. Is it possible to delete these folders without deleting the files?
- Rich
Super User II
CharliePuthNetWorth wrote:
Greetings! My laptop has dropbox folders that take up a lot of space. I've uninstalled Dropbox desktop, but the folders remain. Is it possible to delete these folders without deleting the files?
Uninstalling Dropbox doesn't remove the local Dropbox folder where your data is saved. If you wish to delete this folder, it's safe to do so as long as you've uninstalled Dropbox first, or used the Dropbox website to unlink the device.
One note... if you were using the Backup option to back up your key folders (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc.), then make sure you first disabled that feature BEFORE deleting your Dropbox folder, otherwise you'll end up deleting those folders as well. Check the location of those folders to make sure they're not located in your Dropbox folder.
