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charliedotcrews
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Huge .dropbox.cache folder on one laptop

Hi,   I have a free Dropbox account of 20GB, 50% used. On one of my laptops, Dropbox has a hidden folder ".dropbox.cache", which is huge (420GB) and which I already deleted a few times, but it ...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    2 years ago

    Thanks for posting here, charliedotcrews!

     

    I’d recommend taking a look at this Help Center article, as a first step.

     

    If you have any sort of questions after that, let me know.

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Nancy
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Thanks for posting here, charliedotcrews!

 

I’d recommend taking a look at this Help Center article, as a first step.

 

If you have any sort of questions after that, let me know.

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charliedotcrews
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Ok, so it keeps the files for three days. That seems to be the issues then. Thanks.

Hazel to the rescue then to clear out this folder more quickly...

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