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erinsong
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

I deleted files but still have no free storage space available

Hi all!  I had filled my storage space with mostly photos, and when i ran out of space, i deleted all the photos.  But it's still showing my storage as overfull!  what's up with that? How do i regain...
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erinsong
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

can't reply! Keep getting error message: post contains invalid h t m l

"yr personal dropbx acct is full - Using 2.1 GB of 2 GB"  (all in Regular Files)

If not that, what specifically do you want to know? maybe i can type in a number or word

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Jay
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2 years ago

Could you use these steps in the second section to calculate the size of folders on your Dropbox account, as it sounds like you might have some large files hidden in a subfolder somewhere.

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