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Storage issue on Windows PC
My PC is saying I am running out of storage space. It says Dropbox is using ~20GB. I thought Dropbox was cloud based. Why is my hard drive using up this space? I also use I Drive for a second backup. Is there a way to back up my Dropbox files onto I Drive?
- Rich
Super User II
pdennen12 wrote:
I thought Dropbox was cloud based. Why is my hard drive using up this space?
The Dropbox folder on your computer is a folder like any other, and anything in it takes up space just like any other files on your computer. It is not a cloud-based folder where everything you see is only stored online.
You can mark files or folders as Onlin-only, at which point the file or folder is removed from your local drive and a placeholder is left behind. This helps save space on your local drive. Any Online-only file that you open will need to download back to the computer first before it can be opened.
