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frot
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

My account keeps saying it's full - but it isn't

Hi - I have a 6.3 GB basic account with less that 1.2 GB of data in it, but I keep getting notifications saying the account is full, and it isn't syncing. I've double checked my folders and cleaned o...
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Hannah
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4 years ago

Hey elsar, thanks for reaching out to the Dropbox Community.

 

Can you please send us a screenshot of what you see in this page?

 

Thanks in advance!

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elsar
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

Hi Hannah,

Here's the screenshot, as you can see no backups!

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    Nancy
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    4 years ago

    Hi elsar, and sorry for jumping in. 

     

    In case you haven’t done so already, can you please go to your All files page and calculate the size of any files/folders that may be located there? What’s the size of the largest file/folder that you see?

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      elsar
      Explorer | Level 4
      4 years ago

      Hi Nancy, the largest folder i can see in all files contains the journal articles it is 462mb, the rest of the files combined amount to less than 30mb.

       

      It's really quite confusing.

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        Nancy
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        3 years ago

        Thanks for checking, elsar; I appreciate it. 

         

        I checked our system in the meantime, and from what I can see, one of our agents opened a ticket for you and our advanced team is handling your case at the moment. 

         

        Since they have more account visibility than we do over here on the forum, I’d suggest continuing with them directly. It looks like they’ve sent you some steps to try as well, so please let them know when you’ve followed them and they’ll take it from there.

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