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jetter100's avatar
jetter100
New member | Level 2
10 months ago

Re: Dropbox captcha error

I have been using the Dropbox free account for several years now. However, I am currently no longer able to log in to the site because the login puzzle is not working. This cost me a total of 30 minutes of my time. With the best will in the world, I can't afford this waste of time. I will therefore refrain from using Dropbox in the future if no solution is found.

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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    10 months ago

    Hey jetter100, sorry to see that you're having trouble.

    I understand where you're coming from and I've passed your feedback to our team about this.

    Can you check the suggestions on this thread and let me know if they help?

    Thanks.

  • Hans1903's avatar
    Hans1903
    Explorer | Level 4
    10 months ago

    Same issue here.

    Login with Firefox fails anytime, using Edge succeeds, but all my shared files have gone. 

    Please restore the old captha and bring my shared files back.

    Thanks

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
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    10 months ago

    Thanks for your feedback about the captcha, Hans1903, and sorry to hear about this.

    Regarding losing access to your files, is it possible that you've signed in to a different account on Edge than the one you're signed into on Firefox?

  • lmmatic's avatar
    lmmatic
    New member | Level 2
    10 months ago

    ALL DAY we've battled with these puzzles! Trying to set-up a new PC in the office on a Thursday is bad enough but to be met with these captcha puzzle is just infuriating. Surely I can prove my humanity in less than 10 tasks! We are still no closer to getting logged in :)

    We've all had windows updates this morning so I'm wondering if this has caused an issue?

  • lmmatic's avatar
    lmmatic
    New member | Level 2
    10 months ago

    This thread also has no resolutions just more people locked out of their accounts because of the captcha failing to verify. Is this a windows 11 issue?

  • Hans1903's avatar
    Hans1903
    Explorer | Level 4
    10 months ago

    Hey Hannah,

    I am owner of two accounts. One private and one sharing with other people. Both show all maps only but nearly all files are not visible anymore or gone. Recently uploaded, today, files are visible but previous uploaded files not visible in both accounts and the mobile app.

    There were visible a while ago, so what Update has been done that caused this.

    And please make the captcha working with Firefox iso Edge only 

    Regards 

    Hans 

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    10 months ago

    lmmatic, did you also try the audio challenge and you still couldn’t sign in to Dropbox after completing it?

  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
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    10 months ago

    Hans1903, can you please check your Events page on both Dropbox accounts and let me know if you see any events there that explain what happened to the rest of your files?

    When was the last time you could see all of your content on www.dropbox.com?

  • raaaadrop's avatar
    raaaadrop
    New member | Level 2
    9 months ago

    I absolutely hate these stupid games puzzles. They are bad and you should feel bad for ever implementing them. I couldn't subscribe to a dropbox plan because of them. 

     

  • dmgcyg's avatar
    dmgcyg
    New member | Level 2
    9 months ago

    This new Captcha is terrible - I could not login to my Business Dropbox account from Chrome. Multiple attempts wasting time each time, it reports I have passed then asks me to try again - Totally frustrating.  You've give me a good reason to start the move to OneDrive.

  • Marcsi's avatar
    Marcsi
    New member | Level 2
    7 months ago

    I have the same problem, stupid idea to make this capcha.

  • MorrisAnglis's avatar
    MorrisAnglis
    New member | Level 2
    7 months ago

    I'm unable to log in to my Dropbox free account due to the new games CAPTCHA. The puzzle doesn't work reliably and has already cost me over 30 minutes trying to access my account. This is a serious usability issue, and unless a fix or alternative is provided, I’ll have to stop using Dropbox entirely. A more accessible and efficient CAPTCHA solution is urgently needed.

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    7 months ago

    Hey Marcsi & MorrisAnglis - sorry to hear you're having issues with this and thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

    I've logged your feedback ion our system and you can let us know if you have anything else to add.

    If you happen to be having issues with this in the future, please try clearing your browser's cache and/or another browser

    I hope this helps a tad.

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