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James V.1
Helpful | Level 5
11 months ago

Group Container vs Cloud Storage. Fight!

      I've got   ~/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox taking up 367gb   and that's all well and good but I also have    ~/Library/GroupContainers/G7HH3F8CAK.com.getdropbox.dropbox.syn...
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kjg1987's avatar
kjg1987
Explorer | Level 4
11 months ago

HI there,

 

Has anyone else had dropbox take up lots of space on their computer in the 'group containers' folder?

 

Omnidisksweeper showed 96GB of space in the dropbox folder as attached. 

 

Am I ok to delete these file clones?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    11 months ago

    Hi there kjg1987 - thanks for posting on our Community and Happy 2024!

     

    I've merged your post under this thread so feel free to take a look and let us know if you have any follow up questions. 

     

    Thanks!

    • kjg1987's avatar
      kjg1987
      Explorer | Level 4
      11 months ago

      Thanks @walter

       

      If I reinstall dropbox could I loose any work?

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