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Incorrect dropbox space usage on windows
Hi Guys,
My local Windows Dropbox is fully synced with my online Dropbox. Windows Explorer file/properties shows my Dropbox folder is 576 MB but to my surprise, dropbox.com and dropbox app bot...
We can confirm that the most recent releases of Dropbox should have resolved this issue. Users affected by this issue were unable to see all of the backups on their account. This meant that when they believe they deleted some or all of their files, there could still be backups taking up space on their account. This should no longer be affecting users who should be able to see all of their backups.
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Hi all,
We have files that amount to about 1 gb in our free account and no backup used, but we are getting notifications that our account is out of space and it has stopped syncing. Could you help with this?
- Rich
Super User II
ikala wrote:
We have files that amount to about 1 gb in our free account and no backup used, but we are getting notifications that our account is out of space and it has stopped syncing.
Are you a member of any shared folders? These take up space in your account as well. Take a look at the space usage on your Plan page. What does it show for Regular, Shared and Unused space? Also, you say you're not using Backup, but have you checked the Backups page, just to be certain?
yes, I have checked and do not have any backup space used. As per my shared folders, all of them account for less than 1 gb
In my storage used, I see normal files are 3gb, but I can't see that in my folders.
- Nancy
Dropbox Staff
Hi ikala, sorry to hear you’re having the same issue.
Can you please click on this link, and clarify if you see any folders at all there?
If that page is totally empty, please let us know, so that we can open a support ticket for you.
SecretAdmin, can you also check the above link, just to make sure there are no folders showing there at the moment?
Thanks!
