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daisym
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23 days ago
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Where are the files that are taking up my space?

Hello,

I have some data on my Dropbox account and got the warning that my account had stopped syncing because the amount of data is above the free allowance. Great, I would like to access my data to at least look into it and delete what may be no longer necessary before being prompted to buy more storage. If I connect to my online account I see a series of folders with nothing in it, what is in there that is so big? I can't access anything, there is no option to contact anyone even to ask a simple question.

Please let me know what I have to do, if I get no answer the easiest thing for me will be to delete the account and never use your services because I don't like to interact with entities I can not even contact to. This is not a request of support to ask "how to do" something: this is a real request to the company that has somewhere some data that originally was deposited by me and I want to know where (if any) still is and why it uses such a large storage space if I don't see any file.

You should add the possibility for users to write to some contact of your company, I think it is required by local laws, it is extremely frustrating to be redirected to a help center with pre-answered questions or an automated chat with only fixed answers if what one needs to ask is not there.

Thank you

  • daisym wrote:

    If I connect to my online account I see a series of folders with nothing in it, what is in there that is so big?

    Have you checked your Backups page? Also, your usage can be found on your Plan page. Take a screenshot of it and post it here. It should look like this:

     

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    daisym wrote:

    If I connect to my online account I see a series of folders with nothing in it, what is in there that is so big?

    Have you checked your Backups page? Also, your usage can be found on your Plan page. Take a screenshot of it and post it here. It should look like this:

     

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