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How do I find the size of all files in a folder, including files in sub-folders?

How do I find the size of all files in a folder, including files in sub-folders? I am trying to follow the instructions on this page:

https://help.dropbox.com/sv-se/accounts-billing/space-storage/file-size

but the description on that page does not match the current look of the UI. For example, they instruct me to look at a column named "Size", but no such column exist (only "Name", "Modified" and "Members"). They also say there is a menu choice "Calculate Size" in the ellipses menu, but no such menu item exists. This is a pretty fundamental aspect of the system, and I can't really use Dropbox if I can't find this out.

Note: installing dropbox on my computer is not an option, since I have another Dropbox account connected.

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Jay

Hi @niklasrudemo, thanks for messaging the Community!

Did you follow the second step in the article to locate the Size column? You need to click the dropdown arrow next to one of the column headers, and then click Size.

Afterwards, the rest of the steps should help.

Hope this helps!

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Jay

Hi @niklasrudemo, thanks for messaging the Community!

Did you follow the second step in the article to locate the Size column? You need to click the dropdown arrow next to one of the column headers, and then click Size.

Afterwards, the rest of the steps should help.

Hope this helps!

niklasrudemo

Yes, but this only shows the size of individual files. What I need is the total size of all files in a folder and it's subfolders. Using this information, I would need to go into each subfolder, write down the size of each file, and then manually add it together. Clearly not a workable solution.

niklasrudemo

OK, so I found the "Calculated size" option in the ellipses menu

Jay

Glad to hear you were able to locate the ellipsis, @niklasrudemo, as shown in step 5 of the article you posted previously.

Let me know if you require any further assistance in future!

Shawn4

I also do not see the calculate size option. I have size selected, I selected the folder I want calculated and I only see,

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What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Jay

What type of folder are you selecting? Is it a private, shared or team folder?

swzimmerman

Jay,

My folders are mostly only viewable by me, but similarly find the instructions not helpful because while I can set a column to Size at the "Files" level, I'm not getting anything other than "--" as the size for the folders in my dropbox. Maybe I have to wait for the sizes to be calculated?

Thank you.

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SOLVED

For others experiencing this same issue, I discovered the following:

Step 1 - At "Files" level, change middle column to right of folder names to "Size" from available drop down.

Step 2 - Dropbox will not automatically calcuate the size, so on the far right side under the visual of the folder you have selected, click the ellipsis - you will see "Calculate Size" near the very bottom. Click. Size will eventually populate.

I've also found if you navigate away from the screen, the folder size will not be populated when you return.

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It would be nice for Dropbox to have size populated after users choose Size as a column header in Step 1.

Jay

Thanks for the reply, @swzimmerman, the article originally posted gives the exact steps you already mentioned.

The size for folders isn't automatically calculated when you select the column, you need to manually choose to calculate that folder.

Hope this helps!

mandro H.

Nothing shows under size just --

so How can I know the size of data in a folder and all its subfolders?

Lusil

Hey @mandro H. - thanks for nudging us on this thread.

If you don't see the option to calculate the size of a folder after selecting it, you need to make sure that one of the columns at the top read "Size".

Let me know if this helps, cheers!

niklasrudemo

Thanks; I did not see this at first.