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ihatethecache
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
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How to stop the cache from reappearing? (Mac)

I'm at my wit's end with DropBox.    One of the machines I sync to is a bit older, with only 128 GB on the HD. I have selective sync enabled and have only around 8 GB synced. But the .dropbox.cache...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    There is no way to prevent the cache from being created or used. It's a required part of Dropbox's operation. As files sync, the cache is used to store the file chunks that are syncing. It also holds a temporary copy of files or folders that are deleted on other devices or the Dropbox website.
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ihatethecache
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago
My issue seems to be that the cache is exceeding 9 GB despite the total files synced to the machine being less than that. And the cache should be dealing only with recently deleted items of which there are none.

Meanwhile, I had been deleting only the files but then a DropBox support tech told me to delete the entire folder itself (show hidden folders / delete) so I hope they didn’t make the problem even worse ...
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coldorange
New member | Level 2
7 years ago

I have also been having this problem and hope there is a solution that shows up for real.... it's been days and days of deleting the cache only to have 45GB of cache show back up again and lock up my computer.

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