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Where are shared files, and how can I delete them?
Dropbox says I am using almost 2GB of space in shared files. I don't know where they are or what they are. How do I find them and delete them?
The shared files, come from the shared content that you sent in the latest screenshot, the one starting with "Giz" taskman.
As for the rest of the content, you provided a screenshot before, of your Backups. Your RECOVERY backup seems to be taking up 6.74GB of content, along with your External drive, which seems to be taking 0.96GB.
You also shared a screenshot showing us your home page, along with some other files there. Did you delete any of the backup, or content ever since?
When I pull up my share folder, all I see are invites to folders with 4mb or 20mb -- nothing in the gb range, and the all say my dropbox is full and I can't accept the share. Some of these go back to 2011. The only one that isn't in red is a 4mb folder and I can't even see how to leave that.
I don't regularly use dropbox, only to receive files someone shares with me. Why do I have to have a paid account to see files that someone else shares with me. Every other data storage -- google, onedrive etc let's you share folders and files without requiring people to have an account, much less a paid account.
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey karenrands and taskman, to get an idea of the space you're using, make sure to check the plan tab in your account settings.
Does it report that it's shared files taking up your space?
And have you followed the steps in this article to see the size of files/calculate the size of folders in your Dropbox, to see which files are taking up your space?
Hi
If you look at this screenshot it seems shared files are taking up 2.6GB of space, if I understand it correctly
The size thing worked. Thank you. I am still trying to find where the 2.6GB is going to
