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Puzzled2
New member | Level 2
4 days ago

I shared a folder with an old email address and Dropbox assigned a username to it. Why?

I added a previously used email address while sharing a folder and dropbox invented a name for the user..how to fix this? Is there some way to edit an "address book"?

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    Rich
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    4 days ago
    Puzzled2 wrote:

    why dropbox invents names for email addresses?

    It doesn't. It uses whatever name is listed on the account. You can change the name on an account from your Account settings.

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