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IsaacGaz
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Online only files taking up space on Windows

I have an 8Tb drive where I store my dropbox files on my Windows computer and despite setting all files to be 'online only' as well as going to Dropbox preferences and setting select sync to not sync...
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Megan
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Hi Jayklmnop, are you on a Mac or Windows device? 

 

Where can you see and identify that the content is taking up space on your hard drive?

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doppelgaenger_digital
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hello!

 

I have the same problem on my PC. My Dropbox files are definately online only, but they fill up disk space, clearly shown in WinDirStat also on my end.

 

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stefan

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