# How To Build A Dropbox Clone With No Code - Bubble

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234>\
**Category:** Blog post\
**Created:** [November 21, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234 "2020-11-21T23:47:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivienne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/vivienne/32/58613_2.png) [@vivienne](https://forum.bubble.io/u/vivienne)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234/1 "2020-11-21T23:47:05Z")

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With more content and files being created than ever, cloud-based storage solutions like Dropbox and Google Drive have become essential products to both users and businesses.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://bubble.io/blog/build-dropbox-clone/](https://bubble.io/blog/build-dropbox-clone/)

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**Author:** ![chris.charette241](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chris.charette241](https://forum.bubble.io/u/chris.charette241)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234/2 "2021-02-20T04:32:55Z")

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Wonderful instruction, and works great but I do have a couple questions.

In the adding of files, there’s also the adding of a File-content entry, but in the deleting of files, there’s nothing about cleaning up the File-content table. Was there a reason for leaving that data behind?

I’ve been working with this setup and found that the File-content table keeps growing but I also can’t determine the benefit of having it. I found it difficult to delete because identifying it means you need to search for it and there was no easy way to do that. I ended up using the workflow action “Set a thing’s slug” for the File entry to match the unique ID of the File-content entry during the file adding workflow. This gave me something to key off of in the “Search for” field of the “Delete a thing” but I felt it was a bit of a workaround rather than good practice.

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**Author:** ![mokhachane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mokhachane/32/95329_2.png) [@mokhachane](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mokhachane)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234/3 "2021-02-20T07:18:10Z")

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I noticed that every time a clone build gets released, people always have similar issues with the build…but the bubble team never respond to the questions ☹

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**Author:** ![chris.charette241](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@chris.charette241](https://forum.bubble.io/u/chris.charette241)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234/4 "2021-02-22T19:52:57Z")

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Apparently this is true…

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**Author:** ![naidulives](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/naidulives/32/147137_2.png) [@naidulives](https://forum.bubble.io/u/naidulives)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/how-to-build-a-dropbox-clone-with-no-code-bubble/122234/5 "2022-10-11T12:54:43Z")

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OMG I was about to buya template. Thank you guys! This is a big U-Turn. No support, No sale.