# Dropbox resource folder too heavy because of encryption?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [15 February 2022 09:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744 "2022-02-15T09:49:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![balton52](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/balton52/32/12655_2.png) [@balton52](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/balton52)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2022 09:49 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744/1 "2022-02-15T09:49:32Z")

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Hi all,

I am trying Joplin and I am loving it so far. What I do not understand is why my Dropbox folder is so heavy. There is a .resource folder and inside of it I can see 3 files that are 246M each. All the notes in total take only 2-3 MB instead.

I am sure that I did not attach any heavy attachment. I am using encryption, could this be the problem?

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**Author:** ![JackGruber](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/jackgruber/32/3231_2.png) [@JackGruber](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/JackGruber)\
**Post date:** [15 February 2022 11:22 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744/2 "2022-02-15T11:22:39Z")

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Encryption makes the files a little bigger, but not so.

Use the file name and search for it in joplin to finde the note witch use this resource.

 ![grafik](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/4/4bf32f1deec47f7a33589cb3aa91fea4060eab13.png)

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**Author:** ![balton52](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/balton52/32/12655_2.png) [@balton52](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/balton52)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2022 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744/3 "2022-02-16T10:42:36Z")

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Thank you very much, I just removed the notes in my dropbox folder (copying and pasting their content in other notes). Very strange behavior though

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**Author:** ![dpoulton](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/dpoulton/32/29723_2.png) [@dpoulton](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/dpoulton)\
**Post date:** [16 February 2022 22:04 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744/4 "2022-02-16T22:04:20Z")

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> [@JackGruber](#):
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> Encryption makes the files a little bigger, ...

Looking in my local joplin-desktop\resources folder and assuming that Joplin sends the `.crypted` version to the sync target server, it looks like an encrypted file takes up nearly _twice_ the space of an unencrypted one...

![crypted_resources](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/d/de7c45937031e589d3190bcaceef21f43316f1fa.png)

... or have I made a false assumption?

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**Author:** ![JackGruber](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/jackgruber/32/3231_2.png) [@JackGruber](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/JackGruber)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2022 05:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744/5 "2022-02-17T05:47:04Z")

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I think you are right.  
I have tried the encryption only once and then no more. I did not have so many notes and attachments for the test.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [19 March 2022 05:47 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/dropbox-resource-folder-too-heavy-because-of-encryption/23744/6 "2022-03-19T05:47:08Z")

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