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Sandy76
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Moving my basic Dropbox to a new computer.

I have the Basic plan.  I have Dropbox on 1 PC,  1 iPhone , 1 IPad.  I have bought a new computer and want to move to new PC.  How do I do that under my current plan.
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    Rich
    3 years ago
    Sandy76 wrote:

    I have the Basic plan.  I have Dropbox on 1 PC,  1 iPhone , 1 IPad.  I have bought a new computer and want to move to new PC.  How do I do that under my current plan.

    First, make sure the files on your current PC are fully synced and up-to-date with your account online. You can then visit your Security page and remove your existing PC from your Dropbox account. That will free up a slot allowing you to install Dropbox on your new PC and link it to your account (there's a limit of three devices for Basic accounts). Once you've installed Dropbox on the new PC, all your files will be downloaded to it.

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Sandy76 wrote:

I have the Basic plan.  I have Dropbox on 1 PC,  1 iPhone , 1 IPad.  I have bought a new computer and want to move to new PC.  How do I do that under my current plan.

First, make sure the files on your current PC are fully synced and up-to-date with your account online. You can then visit your Security page and remove your existing PC from your Dropbox account. That will free up a slot allowing you to install Dropbox on your new PC and link it to your account (there's a limit of three devices for Basic accounts). Once you've installed Dropbox on the new PC, all your files will be downloaded to it.

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Sandy76
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Thank you For your help.

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