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Martin3787
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago
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Hard drive space nearly full

Why do files continue to take up hard drive space when I have used Smart Sync to save on line only?
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embhannah
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Hello! I am trying to free up some space on my laptop. I have changed the settings to smart sync, but thus far haven't seen any changes in my hard drive storage. I wanted to check, when I delete the cache of the Dropbox files saved to my laptop, that doesn't delete them from online, right? I don't want to delete my entire team's work! 

Thanks for the help! 

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Martin3787
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Hi,

All I can say is that all my files earmarked as 'on line' remained in place. I had the same fear and it was a leap of faith in deleting them!

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