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Magda77's avatar
Magda77
Explorer | Level 4
3 months ago

After logging into my account, my files are missing.

Hi All. I've been using dropbox on my macbook, which has beed damaged recently. After logging to my dropbox on a new device as well as on a mobile, I can see completely empty account, no files, no billing history, nothing. Would you please kindly let me know what might happen here? I'd appreciate any directions.

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey Magda77, let's jump right into this! 

     

    Is it possible that you opened a new account, instead of logging into your old one? 

     

    Would you mind checking your events page, to see what it reports there?  The events page gives you an overview of all activity in your account including files events (adds/edits/deletes).

     

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

    • Magda77's avatar
      Magda77
      Explorer | Level 4
      Thank you for a quick response. I've checked the events page and there are the recent items listed only (these since I logged in on a new device) and it absolutely looks like a new account with the same email? Could that be possible? I mean creating a new account on the existing email? What I can do to access the previous one?
      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
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        Hey Magda77, a Dropbox account can't be created using the same email address.

         

        Was the previous Dropbox account a paid one, by any chance? I'm asking since you mentioned the "billing page". 

         

        Also, when was the last time you saw your files when visiting your account online? 

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