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VineyardBlue2012
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Copy entire Dropbox files from one account to another

Hi there, I'm looking to copy my entire Dropbox library from one account I own into another. I need to have a backup of these files under another account. Is there an easy way to do this?
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Megan's avatar
Megan
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3 years ago

There is another way to do it jeminar1, but it might take some time since you have a large content. 

 

You can either individually download your folders from the Basic account, and then add them to the Professional one. 

 

Or you can basically swap the emails between accounts. You can try changing the emails by using a third email you own as a placeholder to temporarily free up your personal email, to then switch over the accounts.

 

I hope this helps!

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Jeminar
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Thanks @Megan.

How would the email thing work? The dropbox account I want to keep is not empty (It has about 1.5TB of good stuff on it), so really I want to merge them into one.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    3 years ago

    Hi Jeminar, jeminar1, are either of these accounts syncing to your computer via the Dropbox desktop application?

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      Jeminar
      Explorer | Level 4
      3 years ago

      Jay. One is.... but most is kept online as I don't have that much space on my HDD. I imagine that's why most people use dropbox 🙂

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