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Pitboy
New member | Level 1
6 days ago

Space usage not accurate?

Hi, I am a free, non paid user.  I recognize that I get up to 2Gb free storage space ... cool.  I use it for a second online backup for mission critical home files, almost all only text, no images o...
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Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
6 days ago
Pitboy wrote:

Dropbox is outwardly lying and scamming the amount of space I am using, to try to sell me a plan I dont want or need.

No, they're not. If it says your account is using 7GB of space, then there's 7GB of data in your account. Remember, shared folders count towards your space usage, and be sure to check your Backups page as well.

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