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

Dear Jay: Thanks! Solved just like you said, a few weeks ago. Best!

Hi @Jay

Yep that was the problem, i dont remember hadding the external drive to the backups, probabli did it by mistake.
Its all solved now

Thank you

Hi, guys.

Dropbox is telling me I've used 2.7GB of storage space. When I check the dropbox folder on my PC, I've only used 54 MB. All I want to do is store word documents. Nothing else. Now, I've had people add me to shared folders. And I've tried to remove myself from them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. ("We couldn't remove you from this folder, try again later"). But it doesn't seem to affect the storage space.

I'm also pretty sure it took pictures from my phone. Which I did NOT want. I only want to back up word documents. I only want to back up things that I upload myself. I don't want any of this syncing crap. I did not ask it to do that. I've deleted the pictures from my dropbox. But it still says I'm using 2.7 gigabytes. I've been through every folder and I'm down to nothing but my word documents remaining on the website portal.

How do I find whatever's taking up all the space and delete it.

Hi RichPenney, thanks for posting here today! 

Can you check your account's plan page, and let me know what it reports there, in regards to the available space in the account? Keep in mind that shared folders would take up space in the account.

Do you have any Backups enabled?

Let me know more!

Hey, Megan. Here's a screen shot of my plan page.

Here's what my PC shows me.

Now, the folders listed here are the only ones I can see in my dropbox

I can't find any other folders that might have larger files in them. And I've removed myself from shared folders wherever possible. (There were only two, one was empty anyway).

Every time it asks me to do a backup, I say no. But I have found photos from my phone on there. Maybe there's a setting I have to disable. I just want to back up my word docs.

Thanks for your help.

Hey, Megan!

I found the backup that was giving me trouble. Thank you so much for your help.

Awesome news RichPenney! 

If you need anything else, let me know! 

Hello

When i click on dropbox icon in my PC then it shows that total storage of files is 331MB. However, i am getting error that my dropbox storage is full. when i login to dropbox.com then there it shows 2.37GB out of 2.37GB space used. now i am unable to sync files. I checked everywhere and was not able to find any file that i can delete and make space. Please guide me where are the hidden files that are using the available space.

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mariayasir wrote:

I checked everywhere and was not able to find any file that i can delete and make space.

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Have you checked your Backups page?