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ClayNewman
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Out of storage space, dropbox won't let me delete anything.
I'm not giving dropbox any money for storage space soooo just don't use dropbox any more? I deleted the few files that I had access to on my dropbox account. When I try to permanently delete them I g...
- 3 years ago
ClayNewman wrote:
It says I'm using 0 of 2 GB.
Then your account is empty. There's nothing else you need to do. You should be fine.
ClayNewman
3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Sorry, over the maximum*
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
3 years agoHey ClayNewman, the plan page that Megan linked in her previous reply should show you exactly how much space your using out of your available space.
If it shows that you're over the 2 GB that the free account offers, you'll need to delete more files.
If you don't know which files are taking up your space, you can use the steps here, to see the size of your files and calculate the size of your folders, so that you can delete them accordingly.
- ClayNewman3 years agoExplorer | Level 4So does deleting files actually accomplish anything or not? Iāve deleted every file I had access to. Does that mean Iām still going to need to upgrade my membership in order to use Dropbox?
- Hannah3 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Clay.
Simply deleting files, does free up space; permanently deleting the already deleted files, though, won't free up any more space.
Do you mean that your 'all files' page is empty?
- ClayNewman3 years agoExplorer | Level 4
My "all files' page has a few empty folders and no files as far as I can tell. I have no idea what I have left to delete, and I have no idea where to find it. All I know is I've deleted every file I can find, then permanently deleted those files, and dropbox is still telling me that I need to upgrade to get more space. What am I doing wrong?
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