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Zeppo
New member | Level 2
3 hours ago

Storage Quota Mismatch - 3.4 GB used but only 680 MB of files

Hello, I have a technical issue with my storage quota. My account shows 3.37 GB of 4.25 GB used, but my actual files only total ~678 MB.My shared folders are empty (but the system claims they use 845...
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Mark's avatar
Mark
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2 hours ago
Zeppo wrote:

Could a moderator please help me by triggering a manual re-calculation of my account's storage quota?

Just to add to what Rich said (which is completely accurate). There is no such re-calculation feature available. That page is updated in almost real time.

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