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Adam325
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Trying to update my account email

Hi All,

I am trying to update the personal email on my dropbox account to another email I hold.  When doing so it tells me that the email address is already in use.  I'm confident I never set it up with this one.  When I go through the process of saying I forgot password on the new email adress I don't receive a reset link to spam or anywhere which suggests it wasn't ever setup.

Any ideas?

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Thanks for posting here, @Adam325!

     

    If you're still receiving this message on your end, it means that this email address is tied to a different Dropbox account, indeed. 

     

    Can you please open an incognito window on your web browser/another browser on your computer, try to access www.dropbox.com with the new email address and reset your password from there? Do you receive something now perhaps to your inbox/spam folder? 

     

    Also, if you search for Dropbox emails, after logging in to that email address, do you see any results?

     

    Let me know what you find.

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