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Missing files after removing Capture from my Dropbox account

Missing files after removing Capture from my Dropbox account

TelecomBirddog
New member | Level 2

In January I allowed Dropbox to add Capture to my basic account. 

After 22 days I cancelled Capture. 

 

Now I can't find any of the folders or files I had in the Dropbox account.
They aren't in deleted files or moved files, yet I'm still being charged.

What has happened?

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Walter
Dropbox Staff

Glad to hear it's sorted now @TelecomBirddog 

 

See you around the Community and take care! 


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Nancy
Dropbox Staff

Thanks for posting on our forum, @TelecomBirddog

 

Did you upgrade your Dropbox account to one of the plans showing here perhaps? When checking your bank statement, are you seeing direct Dropbox charges, or in-app transactions from iTunes/Google Play?

 

I’d also like a screenshot of what you see on this page.

 

Did you check your Events page, and there’s nothing there? 

 

Let me know what you find.


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TelecomBirddog
New member | Level 2

Thanks for your response, Nancy.

To answer your questions:

No, I did not upgrade although I'm billed and pay $11.99/monthly.
My account says it's Basic, however I see its the same pricing as PRO.

Do I need to upgrade to PRO? If so, would I get my files back?

 

What I did in January was allow a prompt from a webinar I attended
or site I visited to add Capture to my account on a trial basis. Before

I would have had to pay for Capture, I cancelled it.

 

My credit card statement references "Dropbox*(+12 digits)".
The screenshot your requested Dropbox-Account-Plan.JPG
suggests that my basic account should be free, that I might redeem
a license key, and that no space (of 2GB) is being used.

 

My events page says on 1/17/2024 my account was upgraded to

2 TB, Dropbox Capture was added, and a Capture folder was added.

On 2/8/2024, the account was downgraded (back) to 2GB presumably
when I cancelled Capture.

  

It appears that Dropbox has changed but I did not change my
account. How would I have been notified about this?
I've gotten no emails from Dropbox since 10/18/2023.

I don't look at my Dropbox very often but notice that
my website hasn't been backing up files for several
months. They should backup regularly to my Dropbox.

 

Do I need to redeem my license key and/or upgrade to PRO?
If so, will I get my files back?

 

Am I due a refund for the time Dropbox charged me without

keeping my files available? 

 

 

TelecomBirddog
New member | Level 2

I see other emails at another email address of mine but
none after a website backup of mine 10/7/2023.

 

Apparently adding Capture forced me into Dropbox Pro

until I cancelled 2/9/2024.

 

What to do now?

 

 

TelecomBirddog
New member | Level 2

An email welcomed me to Drop Box PRO at the same time as Capture was added.
My cancellation on 2/9/24 removed me from Drop Box Pro back to Basic. What now?

Walter
Dropbox Staff

Hey @TelecomBirddog - sorry to jump in here, but do you happen to have another Dropbox account, associated with a different email address of yours?

 

Also, do you remember how you had uploaded your files to your account in the first place? 


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TelecomBirddog
New member | Level 2

I deleted this new account. Accessed the old account incognito. Files were in tact.

Thanks. My community name may change.

Walter
Dropbox Staff

Glad to hear it's sorted now @TelecomBirddog 

 

See you around the Community and take care! 


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