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Can I archive files in my Dropbox account?
Hi I am trying to figure out how to archive Dropbox files and I am reading conflicting information. Some posts say you can archive files in dropbox and other posts say not. Anyone know the answer?
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Hi, I'm Zachary. I'm an engineer here at Dropbox.
That's right stevedropbox, Dropbox doesn't inherently support "archiving" files. On the other hand, you can definitely make your own "Archive" folder.
I'd love to hear about why you want to achive things, so we can learn about what features to build in the future. Do you want to free up space, reduce clutter to help find things, or something else?
If you're worried about space, you can use selective sync to avoid certain folders taking up space on your hard drive. Or, if you're a business user, you can use the much better Smart Sync feature, which gives many of the space-saving benefits of archiving without all the manual management.
If you're unable to find things, I'm curious what your experience with our search functioanlity has been--has it helped at all?
There is no way that I know of where a user can "archive" Dropbox files in the traditional sense, either from their personal computer or the Internet web service, so you may be out of luck.
What I think you are reading about online which is a cause of confusion for many is that many blogsters and techie people write articles touting the ability to archive Dropbox files (i.e. http://freedompodcasting.com/archive-dropbox-files-filling-hard-drive/) but in reality these articles just describe the process of Selective Syncing files, whereby you computer uploader will only sync certain folders to the web service.
Best of luck to you and if this helpd I'd really appreciate a Kudo or Accepted as Solution. Thanks and have a great day.
Zav
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi, I'm Zachary. I'm an engineer here at Dropbox.
That's right stevedropbox, Dropbox doesn't inherently support "archiving" files. On the other hand, you can definitely make your own "Archive" folder.
I'd love to hear about why you want to achive things, so we can learn about what features to build in the future. Do you want to free up space, reduce clutter to help find things, or something else?
If you're worried about space, you can use selective sync to avoid certain folders taking up space on your hard drive. Or, if you're a business user, you can use the much better Smart Sync feature, which gives many of the space-saving benefits of archiving without all the manual management.
If you're unable to find things, I'm curious what your experience with our search functioanlity has been--has it helped at all?
