old_files cache folder occupying too much space on Ubuntu

[wimdeceuk]

My hard disk space is running low regularly because the old_files folder in the dropbox cache takes too much space (40+ GB). I have to manually delete this folder every couple of days now. Is there a way to limit its size or to have it deleted automatically?

I am using dropbox on an ubuntu system.

[Rich]

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@wimdeceuk wrote:

Is there a way to limit its size or to have it deleted automatically?

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There's no way to limit its size, and items in the .dropbox.cache folder are automatically removed after three days. There are no settings to control this.

[wimdeceuk]

Thanks. I should have explained that they aren't removed automatically in my case.

[Здравко]

Hi @wimdeceuk,

Yes, cache files may stay much longer unfortunately - one more imperfection (not to say something else). An easy workaround might be a cron job that wipe out the cache let say once a day (or some other period, convenient for you). 😉

Good luck.