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frot
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

My account keeps saying it's full - but it isn't

Hi - I have a 6.3 GB basic account with less that 1.2 GB of data in it, but I keep getting notifications saying the account is full, and it isn't syncing. I've double checked my folders and cleaned o...
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Lisab3
New member | Level 2

It says that I am out of storage.  I have 211.1 MB in Regular Files.  I have 1.7 GB in Backup files.  I don't need dropbox to backup my files.  I have carbonite.  How do I disable that and delete the files of the backup?

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Hannah
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8 months ago

Hey Lisab3, thanks for reaching out to us.

 

If backup files are taking up your space and you'd like to disable the backup feature, you can follow the steps in this article.

 

I hope this helps!

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