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I've never used dropbox and now it says its full and need to upgrade
I've never used dropbox and now it says its full and need to upgrade. So i presume the app came with my new laptop, last year. Now that i need it for uni its says its full, but there is no content anywhere. HELP!
9 Replies
- Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Celemorante, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Is it possible that you have a computer backup or external drive backup running on your account?
This will help me to assist further!
- Hi thank you for getting back to me. It's all possible. But I've no idea how to check?
- Jay
The link I provided in my post would direct you to the page to see if there's any backups running.
- Thank you. I just can't see the link you mentioned.
- Jay
- Oh gosh. Ok I see it now. I has backed up an external hard drive! Random. So If I delete this files will empty up space to use Dropbox again? Sorry seems silly questions. Just never used the app before. And thank you for your help!!
- Jay
That's right, you can disable your external drive backup, and this will delete it from the account, freeing up the space.
https://help.dropbox.com/organize/how-to-use-dropbox-backup#disable
This won't affect the actual external drive connected to your computer.
- Life saver!! Thank you so much!!!
- Jay
No worries, glad to have helped out! If you need any further assistance in the future, please let me know.
Enjoy the rest of your week!
