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AndreaShettle
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4 years ago
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How to find the folder size on the Dropbox website

My drop box is apparently too large, and I think it's because I have many shared folders with other organizations (I'm a consultant, so these folders generally belong to the organization I'm contract...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    4 years ago
    AndreaShettle wrote:

    But the instructions I've googled for how to find the size of each folder have been USELESS. I'm trying to do this via the web interface.

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Rich
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4 years ago
AndreaShettle wrote:

But the instructions I've googled for how to find the size of each folder have been USELESS. I'm trying to do this via the web interface.

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BusinessM8
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

 

I am able to 'persuade' the Size Column to appear BUT NO SIZES ARE SHOWN just an ellipsis for each folder.  What am I missing please?

 

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    BusinessM8
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Oops!  I should learn to read shouldn't I - on my screenshot I just noticed the 'Calculate Size' option!

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      Hannah
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      3 years ago

      I'm happy you were able to locate the 'calculate size option, BusinessM8!

       

      If you need anything else, please let us know.

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