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Dolphinka
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

I cannot find 5.6GB worth of files/folders that Dropbox says I have in my account

I have a basic dropbox with access to 4.8GB (collected through promotion over the years). Looking at all my dropbox folders and files including those shared with me, I hadrly have 2GB worth of files....
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    Dolphinka
    3 months ago

    Found the issue, i had external drives backup turned on! cleared that and all works now:)

     

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Dolphinka
New member | Level 2
3 months ago

 

In fact, I can only see 836 MB in my dropbox folder.... 

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