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Skell
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago
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Exceeding Dropbox Basic storage and need to delete any duplicate files

Hi   I have exceeded the 2 gb of free Dropbox Basic storage (in UK) - only by a small amount but it has stopped syncing. I do not want to upgrade, so am hoping to delete or find duplicated docume...
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    Skell
    2 years ago

    Hi

    I have now deleted my Backup and started again, so I now have under 2 gb of backup.

     

    Thank you for your help.

    Skell

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Skell
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Hi Nancy

 

Thank you for your reply.

 

Forgive me but I don't understand why I  need to spend time searching for duplications or even versions of saved documents on Backup that aren't actually the latest version as my syncing stopped a while back. 

 

Surely it is much quicker for me to just delete everything saved in Backup and set Dropbox to start backing up afresh the one folder that I need backed up,  as of today.  This folder, on my laptop, has everything I want saved.  Can I do that?  I just feel that somewhere along the line a lot of duplication has happened in my backups, which is why I have run out of space.

 

Thank you.

Skell

 

Thank you

Skell

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Skell
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Hi

I have now deleted my Backup and started again, so I now have under 2 gb of backup.

 

Thank you for your help.

Skell

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