Couldn't delete a whole folder, had to delete the files inside one by one; why?

[peblogger]

I wish to delete a whole FOLDER and it did not work, had to go one item by one - which takes ages ... No time to wai! 

[Rich]

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@peblogger wrote:

Couldn't delete a whole folder, had to delete the files inside one by one; why?

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You should be able to delete a folder easily by selecting it and clicking Delete like you would for any file. Where were you trying to delete the folder; in the Dropbox folder on your computer or through the Dropbox website? Did you get an error message?