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soccerlaurie
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2 years ago

I signed into my account and all my photos are gone

A few months ago I received a message from Dropbox that if I didn't sign into my account all my photos would be deleted. My Dropbox was full and I hadn't added any photos for quite some time but did ...
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soccerlaurie
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I think you solved the problem. I did sign in with my Yahoo address and that account remains as do the photos. Is there a way for me to link my original Dropbox account with my Gmail address?

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Mark
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2 years ago

 

soccerlaurie wrote:

Is there a way for me to link my original Dropbox account with my Gmail address?

You can create a shared folder between the two accounts BUT you will need to log on to the other account to do this - and assuming its not been deleted. If it has been deleted its unrecoverable. 

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