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joyanisa74
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
How can I cancel and get a refund?
Please help! I was charged just shy of $200 on a DropBox acct that I did not know was there. Please help me cancel and get the refund
- Hi everyone,Here is some key info on cancelling accounts and refunds:If you want to claim a valid refund, you need to contact support for assistance. This is the safest way to process your personal info (i.e. bank account details, invoices etc) instead on our public forum.
Tip: Visit the support page while you're NOT signed in to a Dropbox account and the Community Forum, and you'll see an option for Billing issues. To cancel a paid Dropbox plan, you can follow these instructions. When cancelling, your account will change to Dropbox Basic at the end of your current billing cycle (monthly or yearly) and you should not be charged again.Apple/Direct DebitIf you purchased your Dropbox subscription via the Apple App Store, you need to reach out to Apple directly to request a refund. Apple's refund policy covers purchases made in the last 90 days only. More info here.If you paid for your Dropbox subscription by direct debit, you are able to request a chargeback through your bank, you can contact them to request a refund.If you did not create a Dropbox subscription and/or do not recognize the charge:- Check your billing information (if you have an account). Log in to dropbox.com > Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the top-right corner > Click Settings > Click Billing.
- You can also use our Look up tool to check a credit or debit card purchase
- Contact support if you don’t have an account and/or would like to report an unauthorised transaction.
Notes on refunds:- If you live in the EU, UK, or Turkey, you qualify for a refund should you cancel your Dropbox Plus, Family, Professional, or Essentials subscription within 14 days of the initial purchase. You can contact support to request it.
- Refunds are often not offered for Dropbox subscriptions and team member licences.
- You're able to cancel your Paid Account at any time. Refunds are only issued if required by law, so make sure to cancel before your current billing cycle ends if you wish.
Hope this helps!Sam
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- chrishengbee2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hello,
I have started my trail of professonal two days ago but later I decided to cancel it because of some consideration. However, I am surprised to see a bill of 199 euros in my bank account. To my understanding, such a payment won't be made until the end of my trial, and in my case it certainly shouldn't be made anyway as I already canceled my trail.
Can I ask why this happened and kindly ask for the refund please?
Best regards,
- Megan2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi chrishengbee, sorry to hear about this!
Have you tried to contact our Support team, in regards to this charge issue from your Professional trial?
You should be able to do so, since the account is a paid one, and they'd have more account-specific info, in order to let you know more about this.
Let me know more!
- chrishengbee2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply.
I did try to connect to Support, but as I already canceled my Professional account. The Support page only offers me either chatting with bot or comming to the community. So honestly they were not very helpful.
Also I tried the online tool to check the transaction but I don't have the 12-character code in my bank statement so the tool is not useable to me too.
Best regards
- Megan2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi chrishengbee, I just sent you an email, in order for us to have a closer look into this.
I'll see you there, cheers!
- chrishengbee2 years agoExplorer | Level 4I had the same problem! What is the final solution?
- chrishengbee2 years agoExplorer | Level 4Got it and replied your email! Look forward to a solution soon. Bests
- Tberntson2 years agoNew member | Level 2
We needed storage for business files, and so I signed up for a business account with unlimited storage. Unfortunately, I was never able to figure out how to upload files to the cloud, so I cancelled our account. Since the time between our sign-up and cancel was less than an hour, and I was never able to derive any benefit from using Dropbox, I attempted to request a refund through the online email support form. Unfortunately, this doesn't work either. Despite trying to fill out and submit the form several times, the email is never sent. The form doesn't do anything.
After watching several videos about all the cool features on the new Dropbox, I was very excited to use it. Unfortunately, I just can't get anything to work, so I will just purchase more storage on Google One.
If anyone has any guidance on how I can contact Dropbox to request a refund, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
- Jay2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Tberntson, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
As it sounds like you're the team admin on a Dropbox Business team, you should have access to email, chat and phone support, when logged into your account online.
Could you using chat or phone support instead in order to request a refund, if the email option isn't working?
Keep me updated with any progress!
- Sarahmnt12 years agoNew member | Level 2So I accidentally did the yearly suscription when applying for a free trial. I don’t even use Dropbox. Does anyone know how to get a refund??
- Hannah2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Sarahmnt1, sorry to hear about this!
Have you tried reaching out to our support team directly, since you're now on a paid subscription?
They should be able to assist you further, but if you have any issues, please let us know.
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