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marketing5
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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Over quota and cannot edit documents, read only available

I have a basic account and I am over quota. I have just noticed that all my documents are now read only, so I can't edit them in dropbox. Is this because I am over quota as it has only just started h...
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    Jay
    3 years ago

    It's always been the case, and hasn't changed. You can still technically edit files in your Dropbox folder on your computer, since they are still normal files on your computer, however, they will not sync to the site automatically until the account is underquota. 

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marketing5
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Hi Jay

 

Thanks very much for your prompt reply and confirming what I thought. Is this a recent thing? The only reason I ask that is that I didn't realise my account was over-quota (and it has been for a while it seems) but until last week I was still able to edit and sync files, then suddenly it stopped.

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Jay
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3 years ago

It's always been the case, and hasn't changed. You can still technically edit files in your Dropbox folder on your computer, since they are still normal files on your computer, however, they will not sync to the site automatically until the account is underquota. 

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