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Morealberto
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2 years ago

I want to delete one of my Dropbox accounts but I cannot log in.

Hi, All,   I want to delete one of my Dropbox accounts but I cannot log in: I both lost my password and I also changed email addresses: I cannot reset my password because the email in the account...
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Morealberto
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2 years ago

Hi, Rich,

 

Thanks for your answer! Unfortunately, I have tried all these avenues, and after a lot of wading through help screens the only answer I could find was “contact your ESP”. I wish there was a way of deleting an account without needing to sign in.

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Rich
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2 years ago
Morealberto wrote:

I wish there was a way of deleting an account without needing to sign in.

The only method is to just leave the account alone and it will be deleted automatically after a year of inactivity.

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