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JJ777
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Choosing my Dropbox folder location and renaming it as well

I'm using Windows 11. My C drive is an SSD (solid-state drive) with limited space and my D drive is a 1 TB HDD (hard disk). Dropbox wants to put its folder on the C: drive. I'm trying to change it to...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    Hi JJ777, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

     

    As you've discovered, it isn't possible to rename the Dropbox folder itself. 

     

    However, you can place it inside the 'D:\myusername' folder, and it will automatically create the Dropbox folder within there. 

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

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JJ777
New member | Level 2

After thinking about it more, I guess I could make a folder D:\myusername and let Dropbox use the folder D:\myusername\Dropbox. (This is a new computer; I'm not used to having a small C drive.) But I'd still like to know how to choose the exact Dropbox folder location. Thanks.

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Jay
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2 years ago

Hi JJ777, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

As you've discovered, it isn't possible to rename the Dropbox folder itself. 

 

However, you can place it inside the 'D:\myusername' folder, and it will automatically create the Dropbox folder within there. 

 

If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

  • cahumada's avatar
    cahumada
    New member | Level 2
    5 months ago

    Hello Jay, I tried to move the folder to my 😧 drive on windows 11, and it says its being used by another program. Closed everything and still having the problem.

    I am successfully running dropbox in my computer, partially syncing the files I want. But I don't want to use my C: drive as I'm running out of space.

    Could you please add a more detailed explanation on how to do this?

    Many thanks,

     

    CAH

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
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      5 months ago
      cahumada wrote:

      Hello Jay, I tried to move the folder to my D drive on windows 11, and it says its being used by another program.

      How did you try to move the folder? You can't move it yourself manually. You need to use the option within Dropbox Preferences to move it to a new location.

       

      • cahumada's avatar
        cahumada
        New member | Level 2
        5 months ago

        Hello Rich,

         

        Thank you so much for your help, this guide resolved my issue.

        Many thanks and regards,

         

        Carlos A.

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