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Box Sync and Box Drive are two separate desktop applications that give you the ability to access Box content from your desktop environment. Box Drive replaces Box Sync, offering faster performance, reduced local storage usage, and enhanced security. Upon deployment, Box Drive automatically removes Box Sync and preserves any unsynced files in a renamed folder called “Archived – Box Sync.” See the Related Links section below for more information, plus install instructions for both individual and large-scale deployments of Box Drive.
Box Drive does locally cache files that you have opened. Box Drive’s cache size limit is based on your free disk space (50% of available space) and has a maximum limit of 25 GB. If you reach this limit, Box Drive begins removing files, starting with those files that have gone the longest without your accessing them. Also, if a cached file has a new version created on Box, Box Drive discards the locally cached version.
Here is a breakdown of Box Drive and Box Sync capabilities: End-User Functionality Admin Functionality Virtual Desktop Support * Appropriate only if you are running on a client PC (not on an RDS/Terminal Services server). In addition, you must enable client drive mapping from the RDS/Terminal Services server to save content into Box. Related Links Uninstalling Box Sync when you install Box Drive
Installing and Updating Box Drive
Large Scale Deployments of Box Drive
Box Sync Troubleshooting Basics
Download Box Drive
Using Box Drive Basics
Last modified on July 8, 2026