How can I move files to a specific folder in Dropbox when using file explorer?

support114

I found that Dropbox was making my Pc's and laptops unusable because synching dropbox content to them meant that Dropbox files were still using all the space on my hard drive! So now I am stopping the synching altogether and trying to just use the browser access to stop my hard drive becoming clogged up.

The problem I have now is that as I download files to my hard drive downloads folder i now need to use the File explorer "Move To" shortcut but I am only offered the Root folder on Dropbox called "Dropbox" I cant choose the folder in dropbox i want to use!

Worse still using the Chrome browser to access my dropbox I can't find any way to move the newly uploaded files out of the root "Dropbox" folder into the actual folder I wanted to save the files into!!

There has to be a better and easier way of doing this - any guidance gratefully recieved!!

Celeste

Hey there @support114, let's see what we can do about this!

When you say you stopped syncing, do you mean that you entirely unlinked that device from the account, or did you unsync content through the selective sync setting of the Preferences? 

The Dropbox folder acts like any other folder in your file explorer, so you can move content around as you would normally (by copy/cut-pasting or dragging files to the desired destination folder).

To move a file to the desired folder within your Dropbox account on the desktop, that folder needs to be selected to sync on the device. 

To move a file on the website: 

1. Go to your Files page.
2. Click the '...' to the right of the file's name.  
3. Click 'Move' from the drop-down menu that appears.
4. Select the destination folder.
5. Click on the blue 'Move' button that pops up to finalize the action. 

Alternatively, you can upload the content directly to the preferred folder on the website, by opening said folder and then clicking on 'Upload files/folder' from within it. 

Let me know if this helps - thanks!