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davide_massi
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago
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free up space

Hi all. It's annoying see so much space wasted by the app. I don't have any hidden files in cache. Any suggestion on how free the space? Thank you very much  
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    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey davide_massi, I'd suggest you follow the steps in this article, to see the size of files and calculate the size of folders in your Dropbox, to see which ones are taking up your space.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey davide_massi, I'd suggest you follow the steps in this article, to see the size of files and calculate the size of folders in your Dropbox, to see which ones are taking up your space.

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davide_massi
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

thanks. it makes me realize that "standard files" are my not synchronized files. 

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