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bferney
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

How can I move my local Dropbox folder to my external drive?

I've looked through the various posts and do not see anything that is specifically addressing how to do this.  Right now, my Dropbox file is synced to my desktop so that files are visible either th...
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bferney
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

Nancy, I did a drop and drag through Explorer.  It removed some of the synced files, but not all of them.  When I try to drop and drag the files back, it tells me that I do not have sufficient space to accomplish the task and need another 456 GB of space. 

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bferney
New member | Level 2
8 months ago

Allow me to clarify - it moved the files to the external drive; but not all of them and those that were moved to the external drive were removed from Dropbox. 

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    Nancy
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    8 months ago

    Thanks for clarifying! As the next step, can you tell me what’s the current syncing status of your Dropbox app?

    I’d like to make sure it’s up to date first, before taking any other actions.

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