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Phirewind's avatar
Phirewind
New member | Level 1
2 months ago

I have nearly 1.5 GB of ghost files taking up my storage space. Where can I find them?

Basic plan, no extras. 2.25GB of storage total.  I have 0 bytes in my backups.  I have less than 10 folders, and have accounted for every file in every folder and in all sharing areas, to less than a 100 MB at most.  And yet DropBox still says that I am using 1.61 GB of storage.  Where?  I have left every shared folder that was taking up space, and absolutely cannot find what is eating up all this space.   Any ideas?

Also, why can't we see the size taken up at a folder level?  Especially when friends and colleagues are sharing folders for different projects, a way to quickly see exactly how much space everything is using would be a great tool, which shouldn't be hidden behind a paywall.

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    Phirewind wrote:

    I have left every shared folder that was taking up space

    Did you also delete them from your Dropbox?

    If so how long ago, it could just be that its not yet updated space

    • Phirewind's avatar
      Phirewind
      New member | Level 1

      Months ago.  I've checked the Deleted files, it's empty. 

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