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JYoungCommercial
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1 month ago

How to "Free up space" locally on my Linux device?

Device Acer Aspire 3 15 laptop Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Linux Mint & Firefox Dropbox App Version (if using the app) v240.4.8493 Question or Issue In Linux (Mint), are there...
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JYoungCommercial
New member | Level 2
1 month ago

Thank you, Megan.

This works in Linux?

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Jay
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1 month ago

Hi JYoungCommercial, currently, there isn't an option to free up space with the online-only option on Linux OS. 

The selective sync option is still available, however, this would remove entire folders from your machine, and they will only be visible on the Dropbox site.

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