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Jimmy's avatar
Jimmy
New member | Level 2
10 years ago
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File count and folder size?

Hi, i cant find the folder size and file count info for my folders online. Where can i see that? Should it not be visible in the folder tree on the login page? I have to make a quick comparison bet...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    8 years ago
    wrote:

    It's totally ridiculous that it's impossible to view the simple number of files in a folder, much the less total size of the files in that folder.

    You mean like this:

     

     

    And this:

     

    Just select all files in a folder and you'll get the total number of items selected. For folder size, change one of the column headers to Size, select the folder, then click Calculate size from the menu on the right.

     

Jane's avatar
Jane
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
10 years ago

Hi Jimmy, 

 

It appears that you are asking about checking a folder's size online, which is answered here: 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/help/8785

 

Hope that this helps! If I have misunderstood, can you please let me know?

 

Thank you!

 

Kind Regards,
JaneA

  • wishfuluser's avatar
    wishfuluser
    Collaborator | Level 8
    9 years ago

    Two points on this thread:

     

    1. The link only addresses file size. Re folder size it just says it is not available to users. WHY it is not availble to users I cannot imagine. This is obviously an essential feature!

     

    2. The link is out of date. File size used to be available as described there, but now it is not. So now file size is also withheld—proof Dropbox is doing this on purpose.

     

    WHY would Dropbox withhold this? To dupe users into overpurchasing? This is terrible user treatment. Shame on you, Dropbox.

    • mamomi's avatar
      mamomi
      Helpful | Level 5
      9 years ago

      This is outrageous. File count and folder and file size are the most basic of information. I wonder if Google Drive offers this.

      • Rob_Cash's avatar
        Rob_Cash
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        9 years ago

        Things have changed in the 10 months since that post was originally made... you can now navigate to:

        https://www.dropbox.com/account/plan

         

        About midway down the page you should see the amount of space available in your Dropbox and the amount of space your files are using (both regular and shared files)   It doesn't show a tally of the number of files though :(   

         

        Generally we suggest that associating the account with a desktop client will provide a much more granular experience for this, such as the Windows client, where you can see the entire Dropbox folder as, in general, a drive/folder itself, and get the exact file count. 

         

        Hope the info about space being used is helpful!

         

        -Rob

         

         

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