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Setgirl
New member | Level 2
2 years ago
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Dropbox says my box is full, but when I check it seems like it isn't.

I have seen older posts about this so am writing again. Dropbox says by box has reached it's limit and I have to upgrade. I don't want to because I don't use it that much. I have deleted almost every...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    Setgirl wrote:

    Dropbox says by box has reached it's limit and I have to upgrade. ... I have deleted almost everything in it, so I don't understand why this is happening.

    Have you change your Backups page? What does the Plan page show for your usage?

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Setgirl
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I know how you feel. If you have had files in your dropbox and deleted them, the post from Rich Super User above told me where to look and I found all the automatic backups in my dropbox...it turned out that almost all of the space was taken up by shared files from a project I was working on. When I dumped those files all my free space was free again. Look at your backups page and your plan page. I forget which one it was on. Good luck !

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1846639
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Thank you, I'll see if there's something I'm missing, appreciate your kind response. I was so frustrated earlier 

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