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Devizes Drinker
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Can't access my account without the email

I cannot access an old Dropbox account as I have forgotten the password to the account and can’t access the email account associated with it. I am unable to request help from the ESP as suggested by ...
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Devizes Drinker
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
Mail provider doesn’t exist so cannot contact them.
If account has been deleted due inactivity where are the files etc.
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Rich
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3 years ago
Devizes Drinker wrote:
If account has been deleted due inactivity where are the files etc.

If a Dropbox account is deleted, all content in the account is deleted as well.

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