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Account ownership transfer

DamienFA
Explorer | Level 4

Hi community,
 
I need your help as Dropbox support completely stopped answering me: I work for an association which has a Dropbox account with paid subscription. The account has been set up by a former employee using her own email address. She then left the company and we do not have access to our own Dropbox folder because the former employee has the credentials. We can prove that the association is the owner of the Dropbox account thanks to our credit card which is used to pay for the subscription.
 
Do you know who I can contact to make the change and replace this former employee's email address by the association's email address and reset the password in order to regain access to the account?
 
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

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Megan
Dropbox Staff

Hi @DamienFA,I got you! 

 

I just created a ticket on my end for you, in order for us to have a closer look into this, I'll see you there.

 

Cheers!


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maher1982
Super User

I am not sure but while you've mentioned that Dropbox support has not been responsive, it's essential to continue trying to reach them & submit a support ticket. As you mentioned, you can prove ownership through the credit card used for subscription payments that can confirm your association's ownership.

DamienFA
Explorer | Level 4

Thanks my friend, is there any email address I can write to or any website for me to submit another ticket?

maher1982
Super User

Visit the official Dropbox Support page at https://www.dropbox.com/support.

However, please note that it's uncertain whether they will accept your credit card proof and provide assistance in your specific situation. Nevertheless, it's worth giving it a try.

maher1982
Super User

But can't you simply contact the former employee and request him/her to change the email associated with the Dropbox account from his personal email to the official association email?

DamienFA
Explorer | Level 4

That is not an option unfortunately.

Megan
Dropbox Staff

Hey @DamienFA, let's jump right into this! 


Do you have access to the email address linked to the former employee's Dropbox account? 

 

If not, then we can definitely help you cancel the plan, but not gain access, I'm afraid. We need a back-and-fourth from the email address linked to the Dropbox account in order to confirm the identify, and help you access the account itself. 

 

Keep me posted, and we'll take it from there!


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DamienFA
Explorer | Level 4

Hi Megan,

Thanks for getting back to me. We don't have access to the former employee's email. The problem is that all the association's data is on this Dropbox account. So if we cancel the subscription altogether we lose everything. It's essential for us to be able to regain access to our account. I originally created a ticket, number is #23186013. I explained all the details there but at some point I could not reply to it anymore, no idea why.

Basically, what we need is to replace the login credential which is the former employee's email address, by the info@ address of the association, and of course to be able to reset the password. 

The other issue is that we received the notification of payment on our credit card but we need the bill as well for our budget. For now we have one 120€ spend without any justification attached to it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Megan
Dropbox Staff

Hey @DamienFA, it seems that you took some time to reply to the originally escalated ticket, and it was closed due to inactivity. 

 

Have you checked for any connected devices, that would help you gain access to the files of the account? 

 

Please be aware that if we downgrade the account, Dropbox will not delete any of the files. In any case, can I send you an email, in order to assist with the charge that you have received? 


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DamienFA
Explorer | Level 4

Sure Megan, we can continue privately, I believe you have my email address from the ticket I created. Feel free to send an email. Thanks.

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