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James V.1's avatar
James V.1
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Group Container vs Cloud Storage. Fight!

      I've got   ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox taking up 367gb   and that's all well and good but I also have    ~/Library/GroupContainers/G7HH3F8CAK.com.getdropbox.dropbox.syn...
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kjg1987's avatar
kjg1987
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

HI there,

 

Has anyone else had dropbox take up lots of space on their computer in the 'group containers' folder?

 

Omnidisksweeper showed 96GB of space in the dropbox folder as attached. 

 

Am I ok to delete these file clones?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

 

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

Hi there kjg1987 - thanks for posting on our Community and Happy 2024!

 

I've merged your post under this thread so feel free to take a look and let us know if you have any follow up questions. 

 

Thanks!

  • kjg1987's avatar
    kjg1987
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Thanks @walter

     

    If I reinstall dropbox could I loose any work?

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