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LA99
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3 months ago
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I'm getting notifications that I'm out of space, but Dropbox shows 0 files/folders.

Dropbox Plan Standard Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Windows 11 / Microsoft Edge Question or Issue I keep getting notification that my dropbox is over the limit. when I lo...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    3 months ago

    Thanks for posting this on our forum, LA99!

    Can you send me a screenshot of what you see on your Plan page here? 

    Have you also checked your Backups page to make sure you don’t have any backup files that could be taking up your Dropbox storage? If you have, you can delete them this way. 

    Let me know what you find.

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Nancy
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3 months ago

Thanks for posting this on our forum, LA99!

Can you send me a screenshot of what you see on your Plan page here? 

Have you also checked your Backups page to make sure you don’t have any backup files that could be taking up your Dropbox storage? If you have, you can delete them this way. 

Let me know what you find.

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