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Marianne van Harten's avatar
Marianne van Harten
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

How can I merge two accounts together?

In the past I had a Dropbox account for me and my wife. My wife passed away in 2020. My name and sex changed in 2022. Accidently I have a new Dropbox-account at my current name. How can I merge t...
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Marianne van Harten's avatar
Marianne van Harten
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

When entering my (old) name or email address, I get an screen to register. So I guess (and this is plausible) that the Dropbox accounts are deleted by me in the past years.

But the community accounts are still active, Can I merge them?

Best regards,
Marianne

Walter's avatar
Walter
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9 months ago

I'm afraid that this won't be possible as well Marianne van Harten 

Let us know if you have any other questions. 

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