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mes640
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6 years ago
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Cleaning up duplicates of multiple files

My company is working with duplicates of multiple recipes, going back 5 years. The recipes are organized by menus, so recipes are copied to have all recipes available per menu item. So we are talking...
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    Rich
    6 years ago
    mes640 wrote:

    Is there a way to have a file exist in multiple folders without being duplicated a million times?

    No, there isn't. Think of your Dropbox as just a regular folder on your computer. Any organization is up to the users using that folder.

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Daphne
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6 years ago

Hey mes640, thanks for reaching out to us here!

At the moment, we don't have a feature within Dropbox that would locate duplicate files within your account. You would need to use a third party app to do this I'm afraid.

While I can't make any recommendations, you should be able to find some apps with a quick web search, or others here might have some suggestions for you.

Sorry that I can't be of much more help with this, but don't hesitate to get back to me here with any other questions.

Thanks!

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