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How to move Files to a Folder Outside Dropbox on Mac
I would like to move some files out of Dropbox to another folder on my Mac, outside Dropbox, in order to archive them but also to have them no longer taking up Dropbox space. After searching the help...
You can definitely do it that way, Diane.
Meaning you can just download the files from the website and then delete them from the account. It will work the same.
Hannah
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Dropbox Community ModeratorHey Phlurim, just to clarify, do you currently have the Dropbox desktop app installed on your computer?
If you have it, you should have a folder named "Dropbox" in your Finder, which should have all your Dropbox files.
This would allow you to simply move the files out of the Dropbox folder, to a location you prefer, to free up Dropbox space, since moving files out of the Dropbox folder, deletes them from your Dropbox account.
Let me know if you don't have this app, so we can find an alternative way to free up your space.
I do have DropBox app on my Mac (Intel, Sonoma). I did a drag&drop of one of the folders in DropBox to my Mac Finder. The folder and its contents appears in my Mac, but it also still appears in my DropBox app on the Mac. The same seems to happen if I try to drag&drop justva single file on DropBox. In other words, it seems the dragged&dropped folder/file now exists in the 2 locations simultaneously. One particular confusion is that it doesnât say whether or not the Mac one is simply a link to the DropBox one - which one holds the physical item, and which holds the link?! I did a Get Info on both of them, and thereâs also no indication that the one thatâs still in DropBox has been deleted following the drag&drop to Mac. (It also appears that I canât reverse the drag&drop and âputâ the folder back into DropBox only.) What would happen if I tried deleting the folder from DropBox? Would it then also disappear from my Mac? For someone who âgrew upâ doing straight-forward drag&drop actions over several years, Iâm totally in the weeds when trying to self-manage my DropBox files/folders in todayâs new integrated cloud environment! The end results always seem to be counter-intuitive to my non-cloud days. Is there anything you could tell me that could help me better understand how to manually interact my Mac (and iPad) file management with my DropBox content. I appreciate this might be a big ask, but I have personal, private files on DropBox that Iâm worried about losing if I make a mis-step! Thank you.
