{"id":26355,"date":"2016-04-19T21:01:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=26355"},"modified":"2016-04-19T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T10:09:31","slug":"change-location-dropbox-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/change-location-dropbox-folder\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change The Location of Your Dropbox Folder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dropbox is one of the best ways to share files<\/a>, large or small, in big numbers to multiple recipients. Many of us take the setup procedure for Dropbox for granted because it has been made so<\/em> easy for us to start sharing almost immediately. Some of you may have even tried moving the location of the Dropbox folder outside of the C drive after installation<\/strong>. Didn\u2019t work, didn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

The location of the Dropbox folder cannot be manually moved by drag and drop<\/strong>. Dropbox will look for the folder at its previous location and sync the folder back there. You also cannot rename the Dropbox folder manually<\/strong> because this will cause syncing problems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>Here\u2019s how to get more space in your Dropbox<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you relocate your Dropbox folder to another drive.<\/p>\n

(Step 1)<\/strong><\/em> Click on the Dropbox icon<\/strong> in system tray<\/strong> or in menu bar<\/strong> for OS X.<\/p>\n

\"Locating<\/figure>\n

(Step 2)<\/strong><\/em> Click on the gear icon<\/strong> and select Preferences<\/strong> from drop-down menu. You will land on the Dropbox Preferences<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n

\"Preferences\"<\/figure>\n
\"Preferences\"<\/figure>\n

(Step 3)<\/strong><\/em> Click on the Account<\/strong> tab and then click on the Move<\/strong>\u2026 button.<\/p>\n

\"Account<\/figure>\n

(Step 4)<\/strong><\/em> Specify the new destination address<\/strong> of Dropbox folder and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Destination<\/figure>\n

(Step 5)<\/strong><\/em> Click on OK<\/strong> to confirm<\/strong> the move.<\/p>\n

\"Move<\/figure>\n

Moving Dropbox folders to an External Drive <\/h2>\n

Note: If you want to move the Dropbox folder to an external drive<\/strong> rather than an internal hard drive, keep in mind that the Dropbox folder should be available<\/strong> before the Dropbox Desktop application<\/strong> starts. Some hard drives take time<\/strong> to get ready for sending or receiving data.<\/p>\n

If the Dropbox folder is not available<\/strong> on time, you will get an error and Dropbox will ask you to relink the Dropbox account<\/strong> or exit<\/strong> if it is not able to find the Dropbox folder.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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