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.

You've shared some tasty files with your friends via Dropbox, but some idiot keeps dragging them out of the shared folder, thus denying them to others. Chris Breen offers two tips to prevent that.