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jerome1303
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
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understand how dropbox calculates volume of storage used

Hi,

I have 1,1 GO of files in my dropbox

Dropbox indicates 2,35 GO

Deleted files folder is empty 

So I don't understand

Thanks for your help

Jérôme

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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    jerome1303 wrote:

    I have 1,1 GO of files in my dropbox

    Dropbox indicates 2,35 GO

    Deleted files folder is empty 

    Deleted files don't take up space, so there's no need to empty it. Check your Backups page.

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    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    3 years ago
    jerome1303 wrote:

    I have 1,1 GO of files in my dropbox

    Dropbox indicates 2,35 GO

    Deleted files folder is empty 

    Deleted files don't take up space, so there's no need to empty it. Check your Backups page.

  • jerome1303's avatar
    jerome1303
    New member | Level 2
    3 years ago

    Thanks,

    indeed, I had lunch a PC back-up unintentionnaly and that is someting we don't see on the dropbox page.

    Best 

    Jérôme

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