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JoleneSugarbaker
New member | Level 2
4 months ago

Making space on my computer with online-only files

My computer has ran out of space. The space is taken up by DropBox. I used the hard drive manager to set some files to online only, I think I even set some folders that way. There are check marks ...
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Walter
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4 months ago

Hey JoleneSugarbaker - thanks for using Dropbox and happy Monday!

 

Did you give the Dropbox desktop app enough time to sync your changes after making your files and folders online-only?

 

Could you maybe take a look at your computer's system tray/menu bar and let us know the app's exact status and version? 

 

Let us know what you find and we'll take it from there. 

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