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"Delete [insert file name] from your Dropbox account and all your devices" message is confusing.
I have a free Dropbox account and would like to free up space by deleting one of my folders that contains three files. I copied the folder with those files to my Mac, and now I'd like to delete it fr...
Hi
So the 'Dropbox' folder is a folder on your Mac like any other. So if you have copied that directory to the desktop, for example, you are now using twice the space. That means you are free to delete the one in Dropbox without issues - as long as you have made sure you have copies elsewhere!
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIHi
So the 'Dropbox' folder is a folder on your Mac like any other. So if you have copied that directory to the desktop, for example, you are now using twice the space. That means you are free to delete the one in Dropbox without issues - as long as you have made sure you have copies elsewhere!
I think my confusion came from using Mac Finder to perform the file operation on Dropbox files rather than using the web browser. Once I pointed my browser to my account on Dropbox.com it became clear what I needed to do.
