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Kookoo2
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

My hard drive is full, will marking files as online-only free remove them from the hard drive?

My hard drive is full. So, I have marked several folders to be On-line only. Will they automatically be removed from my hard drive or, do I need to take some additional steps to free up hard drive sp...
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7ererer's avatar
7ererer
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

I haven't tried reinstalling the app, I hoped that I could avoid it, since it takes a long time. But maybe I'll have to....

I tried with a few additional files but it didn't free up as much space as it should have. 

I suspect that there are somewhere files, marked as online only but still in a cache somewhere. Why can't I open my cache (see above)?


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Walter
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2 years ago

Where is your Dropbox folder located as per the Sync tab in the app's preferences 7ererer ?

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    7ererer
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

     

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