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greg Fulton
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

Getting messages that my storage is full - but it isn't

My dropbox capacity is 5GB. I cleared several items out of DB down to about 1GB. And yet, I still get incessant messages that I'm at 105% capacity (which I am not). I'm also not running any automatic...
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greg Fulton's avatar
greg Fulton
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

It was an issue with space on Dropbox. In the app I received pop-up like messages saying I was using 104% of my storage on Dropbox. Rather the being led to find solutions to clearing up the issue, DB kept pointing me to a page with options to upgrade.  It felt a little predatory tbh  

thanks for the link. I’ll take a look tmr. 

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    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    I totally understand, Greg.

    Check it out and if you see anything strange, just let us know!

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