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hazrate agha
New member | Level 2
4 years ago
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Space is empty and full at the same time!

I just signed into Dropbox and I have not upload anything on Dropbox. But it consecutively says "Your Dropbox is full and has stopped syncing."
I just have some content that somebody else shared with me.

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    4 years ago

    Hi hazrate agha 

     

    Shared content use up the quota of everybody in it. If you do not need read/write access to the files ask the other person to send you a link instead. 

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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    4 years ago

    Hi hazrate agha 

     

    Shared content use up the quota of everybody in it. If you do not need read/write access to the files ask the other person to send you a link instead. 

  • hazrate agha's avatar
    hazrate agha
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    Thanks.
    That's unreasonable tho! Dropbox gives 2G of free space; I already have 14G of data my friend shared with me! And I am continuously getting warning stating I won't be able to open the files.

  • Laslett777's avatar
    Laslett777
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    IF you only need to download 14GB of data from a friend, then ask them to transfer it to you using wetransfer.com - the free version is all you need to transfer 2TB at any one time..

    I haven't had anyone share large files sizes with me, but with only 40 MB in my Dropbox to share with 2 other people, its been telling me too that my Dropbox is full and has stopped syncing....grrrr...can't solve this yet!!! Any tips? cheers, Ali 

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

    Hi Laslett777, I hope you’re doing well. 

     

    Can you send me a screenshot of what you see here?

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