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Helpful | Level 5

2 years ago

Error message when deleting folders

I have used Dropbox for years and have never had this problem. I'm cleaning up my files and when I try to delete a folder I get this message: There are too many files in one request. Please ret...

BenDBX
2 years ago
Hi Everybody,

Thanks for your feedback here and for notifying us of this issue. The inability to bulk delete may have been a lingering effect of the earlier outage. It should be resolved at this time. Please let us know if that's not the case.

Thanks,

Ben

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Dropbox Staff

Hello guys, I hope you're all doing well!

I'd also guess this has to do with the slight issue we're experiencing at the moment. Can you clarify which platform you use when you get this error?

Let me know more!

New member | Level 2

2 years ago

I'm using the website.

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