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Here are some of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that isn't covered by the FAQ's please create a new topic here. I can't link my personal and business Dropbox accounts If you're trying to connect two Dropbox accounts - such as a personal and a business account - but keep getting an error, these…
Hello, I create Dropbox files on my PC and can view them on my Android phone. They don't go anywhere else. Recently, changes to the PC files were not showing on the phone, just the old version. I checked the account on the phone, and it was showing an obsolete email address from about 5 years ago. I managed to change it to…
I have been unable to get Dropbox to allow the folder to be located on an external drive. I had it on a single drive and that worked fine, but that single drive failed, and it now cannot be located to one of the external RAID5 drives. Is there a work around for this?
I have had a personal account under my personal email address for years. Last year, I added a business account with my business email. When I upgraded to a team account to get more storage for several employees, I somehow managed to upgrade my personal account instead. Now I've managed to get the emails crossed to the…
Hi, I'm using Windows 11 and have Dropbox installed on my PC. I keep getting these pop ups that constantly keep showing up and when they do, it covers up whatever window I am on. These pop ups can't be moved and always take up the front most window when I try to click back on whatever I was doing, covering it up. This is…
Using W11 and until today my screenshots stopped working. Anyone help please?
I have two separate Dropbox accounts that I use for the companies for which I am an administrator. The one larger account I access through the desktop app, but I have not found a way to include the second account in that app without mingling the two, which I do not want to do. I don't seem to be able to have a separate…
Hello. I’m using Dropbox on macOS 14. Previously, I was on macOS 12 with the same Dropbox settings. In Preferences/Sync/Default Sync Preferences, I selected “Available offline”. For specific folders in my Dropbox folder, I chose "Make online-only". On macOS 12, whenever I dragged a file into one of those online-only…
The new Admin Console page causes me to hunt around to navigate to tasks we regularly performed as Dropbox Business Admins. Please provide a way to switch back to the former version or at minimum, a highly visible, above the fold link to the former Admin View - with easy access to tasks us Admins routinely perform.
Dropbox Plan Plus Do you have access to the email linked to the account? Can only receive email, not send, but takes a long time to come through. Are there any devices connected to your Dropbox account? PC Question or Issue I am trying to transfer my account over to my new gmail e-mail address, but I get error message…
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