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JvdMaarel
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago
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Dropbox full due to invisible automatic backup?

Hi,   I have a serious problem and hope someone here can help me with it.   I've enjoyed using my Dropbox free plan for a lot of years now, up until about a month ago. The size of my Dropbox is 1...
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  • Freebooter's avatar
    Freebooter
    4 years ago

    I had the same problem.

    This was the solution for me:

    Sign In to dropbox.com

    Click the grid icon in the top-left corner.

    Click Backup from the menu that appears.

    Dropbox Backup will open in a new tab.

    Click the tree dots to the right of the disk you no longer want to backup and choose Delete.

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JvdMaarel
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

Hi Здравко , thanks for your reply.

I know it would seem that way, but those things are the first things I changed/checked after I searched Dropbox support and google for similar problems.

 

I did disable the backup and the hidden files and folders in the Dropbox root show contain no significant data, see my screenshots:

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Freebooter
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

I had the same problem.

This was the solution for me:

Sign In to dropbox.com

Click the grid icon in the top-left corner.

Click Backup from the menu that appears.

Dropbox Backup will open in a new tab.

Click the tree dots to the right of the disk you no longer want to backup and choose Delete.

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