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Account inactive for years but still received 6-digit code when I tried to sign in
Hello,
I have looked at several threads on here and have not found a good answer. I have an old Dropbox account that I lost access to back in the beginning of 2019. I lost access to it because the email associated with it no longer exists. I also know for a fact that any device that was once logged into it also does not exist. Any of those devices would be long gone.
There is no way any activity could be associated with the account, however today I went to enter the email and password, and it still proceeded to send the 6 digit code to the email that no longer exists.
Is this a thing with inactive accounts where sometimes it will still give you the option to sign in? I’m asking because at this point I just want the files to be deleted on the account, and I am not sure if that would be the case in this situation. I am not interested in gaining access to the account. I’m just concerned about my privacy because I had sensitive documents and personal information on there, and I’m hoping that maybe Dropbox still ended up deleting files, even though the option to sign in is still there.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Hey Trey3, thanks for reaching out about this.
So, basically, you're getting a prompt that a 6 digit code was sent to your email, but have no access to the email, to check whether it's been sent or not, right?
In that case, can I send you an email to the address associated with your Community profile here, so we can take a deeper look into this?
Let me know.
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- Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Amitkumar1, can you clarify what’s not working exactly? Are you unable to see the email Megan sent you to this email address?
mairiclaire76, can you please send me your ticket number to have a look, as well?
- In starting dropbox required only email or password and I put inactive email. But after new update dropbox my account is blocked because I not login dropbox without security code.
Please help me - How to open dropbox without two step verification code
- Megan
Hi Amitkumar1, keep in mind that I opened up a ticket for you. I reached out to your Community-linked email address.
Have you tried accessing it?
