Dropbox says I am running out of space, however I deleted everything and the issue remains

[RayhanHosain]

I am a free user. According to dropbox, I have used more than 2 gb. But I have moved all the files on dropbox to another folder and i could see that the total size of the files is only 132 mb. And also, I can see the same message that I have used more than allocated space when, in fact, there was no file of mine on dropbox. So, why is this?

[Ignacio Cordero]

I I deleted all the files from my dropbox and it still appears that I am taking up a large part of the space that I have in my limit. What should I do?

[Rich]

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@Ignacio Cordero wrote:

I I deleted all the files from my dropbox and it still appears that I am taking up a large part of the space that I have in my limit. What should I do?

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Have you checked your Backups page?

[Ignacio Cordero]

Ah ha...
I didn't understand the backup operation.  I misunderstood that my dropbox files would be backed up to an external drive I have and not that my external drive would be backed up to my dropbox space.
Thank you!

[b0987183520]

Dear All:

I have 7.75G dropbox space, and I have deleted all my files and shares.

But why the Dropbox web site still show that I havd used the starge about 5.04GB?

(But I have already deleted all my files)

So my question is how can I get my 5.04GB ? or where is the files of 5.04GB? or who can I clean all storge (like Format)?

[Minoru]

After repeatedly deleting and restoring files, the capacity increased dozens of times.
After that, I tried deleting all the files, but the capacity did not recover.
Could it be a bug?

[Rich]

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@b0987183520 wrote:

But why the Dropbox web site still show that I havd used the starge about 5.04GB?

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Check your Backups page.

[Hannah]

Hey @Minoru, thanks for reaching out to us today.

Did you perhaps enable our backup feature at some point?

What do you see in your backups page?

[Cereus]

I am having the same problem. I've almost never used drop box. I can't even see how big the file is that someone shared with me, but it says I have .5 gb used up of 2gb and that's 10 pictures.

[Jay]

Hi @Cereus, what is the breakdown of your quota according to this page?

[Northern]

Same here. Very disappointed as DB offered me a sizable increase a few years back for bringing in new customers.  
Now, having reduced the data on my box I'm still stuck with almost closed account and they're simply forcing me to buy increased space.  My only option seems to be reverting to basic space of 2 GB.  Who offers 2 GBs today? Hillareous.