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didi15
4 months agoNew member | Level 2
Why do my Dropbox files also take up space from my hard drive?
OK I know this probably seems like a dumb question, but bear with me...
I am cleaning up storage on my PC and I see that Dropbox is taking up a huge chunk of memory on my hard drive. But I thou...
Grafica CDC
New member | Level 2
Hi everyone,
quick question, i have a business space of 9T on Dropbox, however when i move files from my previous storage to dropbox, my computer storage fills up. I do not think this is normal or fare..this 9T should not interfere with the computer storage... Do you have any suggestion or problem solving?
Thank you
Rich
2 months agoSuper User II
Grafica CDC wrote:
.. when i move files from my previous storage to dropbox, my computer storage fills up. I do not think this is normal or fare..this 9T should not interfere with the computer storage...
The Dropbox folder on your computer is a folder like any other. If you're moving files into it, they're going to take up space on the local drive.
To save local drive space, use features like Selective Sync to remove the local folders or mark files and folders as Online-only so they don't take up space on the local drive.
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