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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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eroberts
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Megan,

 

I had also tried the following from the Help Center on the Dropbox website:

But I don't see the New files default option either:

 

 

 

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Hi again! On one of the screenshots you sent to Megan, I can see that your Dropbox folder contains about 360K files (in general, the performance of the app may decline above ~300K files).

     

    Besides making your files online-only, there’s also the selective sync feature (showing on your last screenshot), which totally removes some folders from your Dropbox app and you can then access them online. Can you please give it a go for one or two folders and let me know if you see any difference at all?

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