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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!
Sorry, but I'm not very bright here. I use dropbox and I think the files I store in dropbox are in the cloud, but looking at my Mas they also seem to be copied onto the Mac as well as in the cloud. Have I set up dropbox incorrectly...any help would be gratefully received.
Thank you...Terry
Same Problem here
- Mark
Super User II
Hi both 🙂
Thats how Dropbox works. Dropbox is designed, and intended, that files are both online and in the cloud. This means that things work when internet is offline etc.
If you want to have stuff in cloud only use Online Only settings.
