{"id":1524,"date":"2018-07-07T13:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T13:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2018-10-22T12:03:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T12:03:41","slug":"how-to-find-and-remove-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/07\/how-to-find-and-remove-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find and Remove Duplicate Zip Files from Dropbox?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dropbox<\/b> is a cloud file storage where supports saving all kind of files. Users can easily sync <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> with their computer\/ laptop\/ smartphone and seamlessly access their data from any corner on the globe by entering in the correct login credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Delete Duplicate Zip Files from Dropbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Clone Files Checker\u00a0is a digitally signed, verified software<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The free <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> package provides <\/span>2GB<\/b> of storage space, and is enough for storing a huge quantum of notepad file, documents and presentations. However, if the user intends to save images, videos or <\/span>Zip<\/b> files, this storage quota will seem very minimal and the user will run out of storage space very soon!<\/span><\/p>\n

Users can top up that storage quota by subscribing to one of the paid membership plans <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> offers, and they can also ensure they\u2019re making super efficient usage of their storage quota by removing duplicates<\/strong><\/a> from their account. This scenario is bound to affect every single computer user sooner or later, and must be guarded against by using an effective solution. Today we\u2019ll be looking at a specific case where the presence of duplicate <\/span>Zip<\/b> files has resulted in a lot of storage space being wasted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Solution<\/b><\/h2>\n

This guide requires the user to install <\/span>Clone Files Checker<\/b>, a state-of-the-art duplicate cleaning utility to cleanup duplicate <\/span>Zip<\/b> files from <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> easily and securely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Download<\/span><\/a> and install <\/span>Clone Files Checker<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Now launch <\/span>Clone Files Checker<\/b> through it’s desktop shortcut.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Navigate to the <\/span>Cloud Scan<\/b> tab and click it.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Select <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> from the available options.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Click the <\/span>Load Drive<\/b> button to gain access to <\/span>Dropbox<\/b>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Enter your <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> account credentials and click <\/span>Sign in<\/b>.
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    Dropbox Sign in portal for Clone Files Checker<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
  7. Click <\/span>Yes<\/b> in the next dialog to give your permission to <\/span>CFC<\/b> accessing your <\/span>Dropbox<\/b> data.<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Now simply select the folder(s) that have to be scanned for duplicate <\/span>Zip<\/b> files.
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  9. In the final step before the actual scan is launched, select the radio boxes for <\/span>Custom<\/b> and <\/span>Archives<\/b>. This selection basically limits the scope of the scan, and concludes \u00a0the scan quickly than carrying out a universal filetype scan.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Click <\/span>Start Search<\/b> to initialize the scan.
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    Opting for Custom file scan type<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n
  11. The scan will be over within a flash and bring up results which you can view in the <\/span>Clone Files Checker<\/b> user interface. The footer of the software will also be showing up a summary of the total duplicate <\/span>Zip<\/b> files detected as well as the storage space lost to them.
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  12. Click the <\/span>Select Duplicates<\/b> button and choose an option of your liking.
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  13. The final step involves clicking <\/span>Select Action<\/b> and choosing between permanently deleting the duplicate files and moving the duplicates to another folder.
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    The final step<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Note:<\/i><\/b><\/span> Dropbox<\/b> tends to be on the slower side, so you will have to wait for sometime before the changes being made as a result of the action you chose in step # 11 are successfully synced to the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dropbox is a cloud file storage where supports saving all kind of files. Users can easily sync Dropbox with their computer\/ laptop\/ smartphone and seamlessly access their data from any corner on the globe by entering in the correct login credentials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[859,860,861,858,862],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solutions","tag-deleting-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox","tag-getting-rid-of-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox","tag-how-to-delete-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox","tag-removing-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox","tag-scan-and-remove-duplicate-zip-files-from-dropbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1524"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stcleaner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}