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anwar79
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

How do I delete Backups in Dropbox?

Hello,   I've been trying to find out what is taking space in my Dropbox. When I go to Manage account it says I have 11.8 GBs of Backups out of 15 GB. However I cannot actually find out what backup...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    2 years ago

    No worries, this is why I am here anwar79! 

     

    You should be able to open your Backup page by accessing the home page, clicking on the burger icon on the top left, and then Backup.

     

    Let me know if you need anything else!

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joeco2
Explorer | Level 4
4 months ago

Hi Anwar,

I had the same problem some time ago & it took me ages to find out what was happening. Can't remember just how I found the backup (found the solution in the forum somewhere), but I did find out where the backup came from.

 

I'd logged on once using my friends laptop & somehow this linked his laptop with my account.

As the laptop was now linked, it got it's own set of default settings & the 'Backup external drives' was enabled. So my 'missing' 15GB was his external drive.

 

After I unlinked his laptop from my dropbox I could delete the backup with no problem.

If you are & want to remain linked, you could probably disable the setting & then delete the backup also.

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