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FionaNel1979
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4 years ago
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Dropbox is full

I wonder if someone can please help me. I get the message that my dropbox is full, but I have no files left, I deleted everything, found all the shared folders and removed all that and then also perm...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 years ago

    Looks like you may have activated Dropbox backup. Have a look at www.dropbox.com/backups.

     

    Also just a note that deleted items dont use quota, so permanent deletion isnt needed 🙂

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Mark
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4 years ago

Looks like you may have activated Dropbox backup. Have a look at www.dropbox.com/backups.

 

Also just a note that deleted items dont use quota, so permanent deletion isnt needed 🙂

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FionaNel1979
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

Wow thank you, the one backup was 8GB alone

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