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Pete_Cornelius
New member | Level 2
8 years ago
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Does Dropbox store files on your computer and the site?

Hey gang, sorry if this is a rookie question, but i cant seem to find an answer on the Dropbox website and havnt got the time to trawl through the many pages here.  I have the desktop app running o...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    Yes. Dropbox is not a cloud-base storage system where you have a "virtual" folder or drive. It's a file synchronization service, meant to keep the files in your local Dropbox folder in-sync with the files in your account online and other linked devices. The local Dropbox folder is a folder like any other on your system, and anything stored in the folder takes up local drive space.
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chimpster37
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Same question!  My local drive kept filling up and I couldn't figure out why; DropBox folder was the reason. 

It's handy for drag-and-drop uploading but would be nice if you could then delete from the local folder without it then disappearing on DropBox.  Thoughts?

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