If you want to free up storage or delete files for other reasons, here's how to delete files and folders from Dropbox.

If you want to permanently delete a file, you'll need to do it through the Dropbox website. Below, a quick guide to deleting a folder in Dropbox from your desktop or mobile device.

As the deleted files are stored in Dropbox’s trash bin for 30 days, they still use the allocated space. hence, permanently delete the files by clearing the trashbin of Dropbox.

Dropbox engineers have fixed what appears to be a very ancient bug that during the past two weeks has resurfaced previously deleted folders for several Dropbox users.