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devonbox8
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Dropbox is full, but my storage is used by shared folders

Here's my issue. My dropbox is full, so I deleted a lot of old folders, but deleting them, even permanently, doesn't free up space because they are folders that were shared with me. So I'm really jus...
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Mark
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3 years ago

Shared folders use your quota. So, you either need to upgrade OR leave the shares and no longer have access. 

 

Note that deleted files don't use quota so permanently deleting wont change anything.

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    devonbox8
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago
    So my only option is to upgrade? So I’m just paying for space I don’t need because Dropbox doesn’t allow me to actually free up space. That’s a bummer. Not using Dropbox anymore lol.

    Thanks!

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