Forum Discussion

anandsankar's avatar
anandsankar
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
Solved

How to Freeup space in Lap Hard drive ??

I already Backed up few files in Dropbox. But I am not seeing any option to free up backed files ( Like Free up space option in Google photos).

How can delete backed up Files in Laptop ?? I want this files for future use, but due to Lap space availability need to deleting already backed up files from Lap drive. Please advice how can do this ??? Is this possible in drop box ?

desktop
Storage space
  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    anandsankar wrote:

    ... I am not seeing any option to free up backed files

    If the files are in your local Dropbox folder you can either mark them as Online-only so they appear on your laptop but don't take up space, or you can use Selective Sync to remove folders from your local drive entirely.

3 Replies

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    3 years ago
    anandsankar wrote:

    ... I am not seeing any option to free up backed files

    If the files are in your local Dropbox folder you can either mark them as Online-only so they appear on your laptop but don't take up space, or you can use Selective Sync to remove folders from your local drive entirely.

  • SlickRick's avatar
    SlickRick
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    I do not know how to free up storage  space on my hard drive. I am using windows 10.1?

About Storage Space

Looking for help with managing the storage space in your Dropbox account? Talk to the Dropbox Community and get advice from members.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!