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philipfox
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

How do I locate large files/folders on the web (not laptop)

I have a free version with a limit of 16.3GB. I normally have about 13-15GB in use, so around 85-90%.   This morning DB tells me it can no longer sync, and apparently I have used 32.5GB of my allow...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    4 years ago
    Hey there philipfox, thanks for joininig our Community and I'm glad to hear you managed to find the culprit after all.

    Regarding your additional concern, you can calculate the size of your files and folders on our website as outlined here.

    Let us know if you have any more questions, Philip!
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philipfox
Explorer | Level 4

PARTIALLY SOLVED THANKS

 

I found that a large folder (8GB) had been added to one of my existing shared folders, though neither of the people I share with were aware they'd tried to share this large folder. No idea why it took my storage from under 16GB to 32GB - looks as it is was double counted. Anyway, I've unshared and deleted it, and back down to 13GB.

 

I'd still like to be able to search for large files across all of my DB storage using the web version, if it's possible. Thanks.

 

Philip

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Walter
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4 years ago
Hey there philipfox, thanks for joininig our Community and I'm glad to hear you managed to find the culprit after all.

Regarding your additional concern, you can calculate the size of your files and folders on our website as outlined here.

Let us know if you have any more questions, Philip!
  • philipfox's avatar
    philipfox
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    Thank you @Walter  that's helpful. Is it possible to display size of all folders without having to select each one at a time?

     

    And is it possible to order ALL files by size, and thus see, say, all files over 100MB in size in one list, whatever folder they're in (as you can do on Finder on a Mac, for instance)?

     

    Thanks

    Philip

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      Walter
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      4 years ago
      I'm afraid that's not possible on our website at this time, Philip.

      That being said, note that you can post your ideas and suggestions in the relevant area of our Community so other users can upvote it to show your interest.

      See you around!

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