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invisiblehelmet
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
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Calculate all folder sizes

How do I calculate the size of multiple folders at once?   I'm trying to find the largest folders on my Dropbox, so I can delete them. I'd like to calculate the file size of all folders on my acc...
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    Здравко
    3 years ago
    invisiblehelmet wrote:

    How do I calculate the size of multiple folders at once?

    ..., but when I select multiple folders, the "calculate size" option is no longer available.

    ...

    Hi invisiblehelmet,

    Hm...🤔 strange... I just tried and and it seems working:

    After click on "Calculate size" the size of all folder start calculating... and next some time finishes. It calculates folder by folder sequentially, so may take some time if you have lot of files.

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volcs0
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

I assume this is intentional - they make it hard to find the largest folders, making it difficult to clean up your Dropbox and forcing you to buy more storage. They took the feature away purposefully. 

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PFSE
Helpful | Level 6
10 months ago

That and they very abruptly ended the unlimited plan we were on giving us 30-days to relocate TB's worth of data. 

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