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garrettwperkins
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Signing into a different account on my computer

I need to sign into a different Dropbox account on my computer, but there are a lot of files and they will all be the same on the new account. I need to be able to switch accounts and keep the old fi...
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Sceolang2
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

I made a Dropbox account years ago with a now defunct email address and I have forgotten the password. I want to delete this account (but can't because I can't remember the password). I have a new account with my current email address (that's fine) but when I download the desktop app (Mac) it defaults to the old account I want to delete. Any suggestions welcomed.

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    Megan
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    5 years ago
    Hi Sceolang2, let's see what we can do here! 

    I've merged you into this thread, since your query was similar to the one above. 

    Could you try Walter's steps in order to sign out of your old account on your app? 

    Let me know how it goes.

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