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Dennis_Zuiderlicht's avatar
Dennis_Zuiderlicht
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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Dropbox uses a ton of hard drive space despite most files being online only

So, I've put ALL my files on online-only because my Mac was running out of space. In my Mac settings, Dropbox takes up 108 GB currently. Once I actually look at what folders are taking up space it'...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    Is it possible that the hidden Dropbox cache folder is taking up space on your machine?

     

    Try deleting the folder using these steps to see if this helps.

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John1957
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Hanna, thanks for the reply.  and who is @onlyme989?

 

Dropbox 189.4.8427

Up to date.

 

I've been using Dropbox for years and have to be very careful as I have gigs and gigs of photographs.  I'd like to put everything in Dropbox buy I'm wary it'll crash my C drive space.

 

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John1957
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I fixed my username 😁

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Thanks, John1957!

     

    Can you also check that setting that I mentioned in my previous reply?

    • John1957's avatar
      John1957
      Explorer | Level 3
      2 years ago

      Yes, it's enabled

      • John1957's avatar
        John1957
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 years ago

        I have both Dropbox and OneDrive installed and other than the OS and Program files, I am not aware of any space I'm using on my C drive, it's all in the two cloud storage systems, and yet, I only have 29.9 GB free on a 222 GB drive, makes no sense to me? 

         

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