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bdoman
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Setting Folder to Online-Only doesn't free up local space

My laptop is out of storage.  I am trying to free up storage by making Dropbox folders Online-Only.  I set a large folder (172 GB) Online Only last week, but the local disk space used has not decreas...
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bdoman
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

MSI Laptop; Windows 10

 

166.4.2920

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey bdoman, sorry to jump in here.

 

Does the Dropbox icon in your system tray show that the application is "up to date" or is it still syncing?

 

And can you also right-click on your Dropbox folder, then click on "properties" and send me a screenshot of the info there?

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