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peapche
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Dropbox's size increases on my Android phone

I'm using Dropbox app on Android, and the amount of storage used by it on my smartphone is increasing every time I download a file from Dropbox to my smartphone.
I checked the settings screen on my smartphone and found that my Dropbox's "user data" is now 9GB. There is a "Clear Data" button, but when I press it, it will also delete my account information. Is there anything I can do to solve it?


  • peapche wrote:

    I checked the settings screen on my smartphone and found that my Dropbox's "user data" is now 9GB. There is a "Clear Data" button, but when I press it, it will also delete my account information. Is there anything I can do to solve it?


    You want the Settings within the Dropbox app, not your device's settings. You'll see a Clear Cache button.

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
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    peapche wrote:

    I checked the settings screen on my smartphone and found that my Dropbox's "user data" is now 9GB. There is a "Clear Data" button, but when I press it, it will also delete my account information. Is there anything I can do to solve it?


    You want the Settings within the Dropbox app, not your device's settings. You'll see a Clear Cache button.

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