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Mord0r85
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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No more space on my Dropbox, but Dropbox backup is empty

Hello,

Dropbox has backed up some folders on my pc, saturating my dropbox space.
I deleted these files on Dropbox backup, turned off the backup of folders through the desktop app but Dropbox keeps backing up from these folders and warns me that there is no more space.
Tips?
Thanks in advance

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Perfect, I just sent you an email, so we can continue there.

     

    Thanks!

  • Mord0r85's avatar
    Mord0r85
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Hello,

    I've already the same problem:

    space available: 3,8GB

    space really used: 2,4 GB

    space used for dropbox: 27,99 GB

    😞

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    3 years ago

    Hi Mord0r85, I can see that my colleague, Hannah, had reached out to you via email in order for you to investigate there.

     

    Did you have a chance to check the email she sent you?

  • Mord0r85's avatar
    Mord0r85
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Hi Megan , yes, the problem seemed to be solved, but after the trial period of 2TB of usable space the malfunction returned

  • Mord0r85's avatar
    Mord0r85
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Hi Walter 
    there are several name of files coming from an automatic backup by Dropbox then removed, but when i click on one of these to open it, Dropbox says that is impossible to open the file, try again later.
    In the screenshot you can see these several files impossible to open because are deleted.
    There is no more backup.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 years ago

    Thanks for the screenshot Mord0r85 

     

    You haven't responded to my previous question though.  Do you see those files on our website in the places I mentioned as well?

  • Mord0r85's avatar
    Mord0r85
    Explorer | Level 3
    3 years ago

    Hi Walter 

    if I browse on Dropbox website I see only files that was there before this malfunction, or the same files updated. There aren't files or folders taking up space in my account's homepage or my backups page 

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