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BobSmith864
New member | Level 2
7 months ago

My username is my email address that's about to be inactive. Do I need to change it?

I have a large paid personal Dropbox which backs up all my PC personal files, and from which I access files from my phone and iPad, and sometimes share files with other people. I set it up with an em...
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Nancy
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7 months ago

Hey BobSmith864! Thanks for posting your question on our forum. 

If you updated the email address that’s tied to your Dropbox account this way, then you should be all set. 

Your username can remain as is, since it’s not required when logging in to your Dropbox account (you only need your email address and password for that). 

In case you still want to change it though at some point, this is how you can do it. 

Let me know, if you need further assistance.

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