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Danny18
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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deleting uneeded files

I can access files via my mobile app in order to delete them. I cannot do this on the desktop application.
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the screenshot!

     

    You can check which email address is linked to your desktop app with these steps.

     

    If the email address you see there is different to this one, you can sign out and back in to the app with the correct account/email address like this.

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Nancy
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3 years ago

Thanks for posting here, Danny18!

 

If you wish to delete files via the desktop app, you can open the local Dropbox folder on your computer, and delete your files/folders like you would normally do on your device. 

 

The changes you make should sync to your web account and to your mobile app, and the files will get removed from there, too. 

 

Are you having any issues in particular if you do this?

 

Let me know how this goes.

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718Rose1940
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I keep deleting my files and pictures that i don't want and dropbox keeps saying I am out of space.

 

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