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anonymous wrote:
According to DropBox, deleting files DOES NOT free up space in the account. ... So as I understand, even though I have 4.75gb of earned quota, I am forever cut off until I upgrade?
You're misunderstanding it. Once you delete a file, that space is reclaimed and the file will be moved to Deleted Files. Files located in Deleted Files don't take up space in your account. Deleting a file from Deleted Files doesn't reclaim space because it was already reclaimed when you first deleted the file.
anonymous wrote:
According to DropBox, deleting files DOES NOT free up space in the account. ... So as I understand, even though I have 4.75gb of earned quota, I am forever cut off until I upgrade?
You're misunderstanding it. Once you delete a file, that space is reclaimed and the file will be moved to Deleted Files. Files located in Deleted Files don't take up space in your account. Deleting a file from Deleted Files doesn't reclaim space because it was already reclaimed when you first deleted the file.
Thanks for your reply. This is not what I am experiencing. I have deleted every file in my account and it is empty. I have also permanently deleted all files. I still cannot add files or do anything at all. Here is the message I get when I try to add something:
Your Dropbox is full
You can’t upload files because you’re out of storage space. Before you can upload to Dropbox, you need to get more space.
Any light on why this is happening? As mentioned, even the FAQs state deleting files will not free up space, I quoted that in my opening post.
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