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mike1921
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago
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slow deleting files on dropbox.com

when i go into a folder with say 80 files (50mb files) and click to select them all and then delete it used to be instant.  Now it can take 30 seconds or more to delete 80 files from the website.  Th...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    7 years ago

    Have you tried another browser? 

    Cleared local cache/cookies etc.? I've not seen anything on here which would hint at a Dropbox wide issue.

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New_Identity
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Same issue here.  less than 100mb and is just passing 5 minutes without actually deleting.

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ArtofAlmost
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago

I've been sitting here trying to delete 2 files that are a total size of 14mb. It has so far been trying to delete them for 5 minutes with no luck.

It does seem pretty weird that they wouldn't provide a solution yet still mark this issue as solved...

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