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SeraphDB
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago
Solved

Lost earned space

Having used Dropbox over the years, I had up until a week or so ago around 11gb. Suddenly its all gone and I am at 2gb. I do not have backup activated, this is just simple storage of files. Please ...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    When you get a chance when you're at home, please could you forward the screenshot, since any referral quota will automatically appear on that page.

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dgm5307
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

My data limit dropped from 6.5gb to the default of 2.  I went to check my refer friends list which had 4.5gb listed as promo add-ons and all of a sudden I went from out of space back to my 6.5gb limit...

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dgm5307
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

For what it's worth... dropbox has done this to me twice now.  I think they hope I'll forget how to get my referal limits back?

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