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lloyddwright
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9 months ago
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I made a folder online-only, but if I delete it from my computer, it gets removed from Dropbox.

I have reviewed the discussion questions and didn't see what is needed. My laptop storage is almost depleted. I have marked a folder (using File Explorer) as Online Only.  When I tried to delete the ...
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    lloyddwright
    9 months ago

    Thanks for your help Nancy. I was not looking at the "Size on this Disk" field. All is well!

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lloyddwright
Helpful | Level 6
9 months ago

Thanks for your help Nancy. I was not looking at the "Size on this Disk" field. All is well!

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Theresa
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8 months ago

Hi lloyddwright and welcome back to the Dropbox Community. I am glad to see your query has been resolved thanks to Nancy's help. 

By the way, my name is Theresa, and you might see me popping up around the Community 👩‍💻. I absolutely love hearing from our members and learning how they use Dropbox in their daily lives 💙.

If you're open to sharing, I’d love to hear how you use Dropbox 💡. Who knows, you might inspire some helpful tips we can share with others or even spark ideas to pass along to our internal team! 🤗

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