You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.

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Ed
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8 years ago

What's new in Dropbox - 2nd Edition

See what’s new in Dropbox Here you'll find information about the latest features and changes in our Dropbox apps.   Desktop   Network control Network control is a security and...
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SwanCobb
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Google Photos has a way to optimize the amount of local data you are using for caching purposes.
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geek_neo
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

how does that affect the dropbox caching?

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    SwanCobb
    Collaborator | Level 10
    8 years ago
    If you uninstall Dropbox, all the cached thumbnails and files go with it. Since Dropbox doesn't give a clean cache or optimize storage feature, we have to resort to uninstalling and installing to recover disk space on the smartphone.

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