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MikeBook
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
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Empty Folder on PC showing 1.5TB

The dropbox file on the E drive is empty. However, when I right-click and select properties it's showing it contains 1.5TB. Please can someone explain why this is and what to do about it? Thank yo...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago

    MikeBook 

     

    Have you enabled the display of hidden files and folders in Windows, and then looked inside the Dropbox folder?

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Rich
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2 years ago
MikeBook wrote:

The dropbox file on the E drive is empty. However, when I right-click and select properties it's showing it contains 1.5TB.

Within the Dropbox folder is a hidden .dropbox.cache folder. This folder holds files while syncing as well as files you've deleted elsewhere (the Dropbox website or other devices) for 3 days before purging them.

 

If you don't have hidden files and folders enabled in your operating system, you wouldn't see the folder.

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    MikeBook
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    Does this still work if I've uninstalled Dropbox?

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