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Rayborne
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
Solved

Full DropBox even after deleting files/folders

I tried replying to other posts on this matter but for some reason I was not allowed so I created this new post.   My DropBox says it is full however I deleted lots of files/folders.   The status...
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  • Rayborne's avatar
    Rayborne
    5 years ago

    Well I am a dumb A%& I totally missed the gigabyte vs terabyte drive limits my bad my expectations were way out of line.

    My Bad!

     

Rayborne's avatar
Rayborne
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

The only data in my DropBox is the 235GB I copied from a portable hard drive.  Somehow this drive is synced to my DropBox and I have been unable break the sync which is something else I'd like to do!

Rayborne's avatar
Rayborne
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

Well I am a dumb A%& I totally missed the gigabyte vs terabyte drive limits my bad my expectations were way out of line.

My Bad!

 

  • Preissert's avatar
    Preissert
    Explorer | Level 3
    5 years ago
    You are in the company of many dumb assessment and I amust one. I did not notice that the "full" number I was seeing was a percent % not a value. I was reading 121% as 121G of 2T and couldn't figure out how 121 of 2 was full. Doh!

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