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Nick76
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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Dropbox writes me "out of space" but it's not true!!

Hello everyone! Suddenly Dropbox wrote to me that my space is full, I checked the folder on my desktop and it only contains 1.88 gigs, not 2! Checking on Dropbox online, I saw that it indicates tha...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    3 years ago

    Hey Nick76, thanks for taking the time to write to our Community.

     

    Could you take a look at your backups page, to see if there are any backups taking up your space?

     

    Let me know what you find.

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Hannah
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3 years ago

Hey Nick76, thanks for taking the time to write to our Community.

 

Could you take a look at your backups page, to see if there are any backups taking up your space?

 

Let me know what you find.

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Nick76
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Yes, it is absolutely that! I noticed it last night, after writing the post in this forum. Automatic backup was turned on, I didn't notice that. Now everything is fine!

Thanks a lot for the answer!!! 🙂

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