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Hi! I created my account back in 2016-2017 and I didn't use it for a while. I changed my phone since then and now I can't login because I don't remember my password. When I try to reset it, it says that the reset email was sent but I didn't receive anything. I tried looking into the spam folder and creating a contact with no-reply@dropbox.com but nothing worked. I know this is the right email because I got a lot of mails from dropbox about my account saying that my account storage is full and I should upgrade.
Did you also check your email's spam/junk folder after resetting your account's password @Goldfich?
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Yes, of course.
Empty, no letters!
All other letters come and go.
Maybe there is a way for your admins to delete the account by mail request?
Or what options can you suggest?
Thanks for keeping me in the loop @Goldfich
May I reach out via email to have a further look into this internally?
Let me know and I'll use the email address that's connected to your profile here, on our Community.
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Yes, of course.
I would be grateful for the feedback.
No worries @Goldfich - I've just sent you an email to investigate further.
Whenever you get the chance, please have a look at your inbox and we'll take it from there.
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I have exactly the same problem. Helping a neighbour's wife with the same problem, forgotten password, and no reset mail received. Tested on two other users and no problem getting reset mail in the same PC and mail program ... The user registered one week ago and the account is empty but not possible to delete either - frustrating !
The chat is worthless !
Hi @Bjorn13, how are you today?
Just out of curiosity, have you tried out all the troubleshooting steps provided on this thread?
Let me know more, and we'll take it from there.
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Yes, I think I have tested most of it, but adding no-reply@dropbox.com to contacts is not possible in the mail program. Have tested resetting 2 other account's password that works perfect.
I think I have an idea what could be the problem. The user first made a used with a combination of a mail address and a password + password. The she realized this was wrong and made a new user with here correct mail address + password. This password is forgotten and not possible to reset - she is not a super user on PC's and in her mid 70's. I have access to the first user and have deleted that user (mail address and password combo nn@hotmail.nonnnnnn). However, I am not sure in what order these accounts were made. This might have confused the system on mail addresses.
Contacted Dropbox on chat on Friday and gave them her name, user and phone number as requested, but suddenly the chat was cancelled by Dropbox - is this a robot and is this store by Dropbox ? In case Dropbox should have everything needed to delete the account/user, or reset the password from their side.
Hi @Bjorn13, happy Monday!
Would it be okay for me to reach out via email, in order to have a closer look into this?
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