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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. Why did I not get my referral reward from Dropbox? I referred my friends but you find their referral status marked as Ineligible, meaning neither party receives bonus space. Quick…
Question or Issue Dropbox took away all GB I obtained by me promoting others over years to use DB - WHY?
I am getting confusing messages and see different info under my dashboard about my dropbox is full. My pc has 3.03gb used oit of 5.0. Not sure what is Backup folder. Explanations in the community are too vague. Also - I can't find here a way to upload a screenshot of my current storage. Dropbox - you are useless!
I'm trying to work out how to determine the storage consumption of offline files among files that are on-line only. Over time I will hide directories to conserve local storage but also selectively sync files and directories that I want to maintain locally among files and folders that are online only. It's this latter case…
Hi, I deleted a large file to reduce my DB back to the basic subscription size and it persists in stating I am over the limit. The 4 remaining folders are only 427.16 MB. I don't have any shared files and my computer hasn't been linked (DB says) 5 years. I only want to access through the web portal. That said, I did delete…
Every time I open my computer, I get a warning saying I am over my storage limit. It says I am 3x over my storage limit, but when I follow the prompt to delete files, there are no files remaining in my Dropbox. In addition to that, I cannot delete dropbox so I stop getting this warning— It keeps saying it is open, but it…
I have been a user on a church's account for years. They pay for dropbox and upload videos into their folder and I go on to their account for purposes of downloading the video for use elsewhere. This has been the case for at least 4 years. Now I can't access their folder anymore because dropbox says that my account is out…
I have no files in my dropbox yet still keep getting messages saying im over the limit and need to buy more storage. how the hell do I stop this. I never asked for dropbox. it was forced on us.
Dropbox Plan Plus Device Apple M1 pro Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Sequoia 15.7.3 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) 244.4.6580 Question or Issue I have set my preferences within dropbox to "Online only" for file location moving forward. Im trying to upload a folder (about 800 gb in size) and it's saying…
Dropbox Plan I pay for 3 TB A large UpdraftPlus backup was uploaded to my Dropbox. The files appeared briefly in Recent, but the actual folder has never been visible in All files. Search does not find the folder either. I deleted the backup from UpdraftPlus, but Dropbox still says I am massively over my storage limit. My…
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