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Changing Email: says email already taken.
I am trying to change the email on my account to my new work email. I established the account with a personal account. The new email I am trying with saying already taken - but how since i own this email and never used it before with drop box. How can I change it?
Thank you
How to change my old (not active) emailadress into my new one?
I tried to change the mailadress but it told me the new emailadress was already used.
Then i deleted my account from the new mailadress (using google account to enter) and after doing that the mailadress still does not want to change...
How can i get my old account connected to my new mailadress?
Current email to login will be discontinued. Try to change to .....@gmail.com email but will not accept as it says this email already exists. Which it does as I own it. Not sure how to proceed.
- Mark
Super User II
If it says it exists it means there is already a Dropbox account using that email.
So you need to log on to that one (use www.dropbox.com/forgot if you cant remember the password), log on and either delete it or change the email on it to a different one.
You will then be able to use it on this account
Hi
I'm trying to change my email on my account but when i do it states "Email address is already taken" so i go to log in with that email I'm trying to change it to but then i get a sign up page, so it doesn't have an existing account.
I'm not sure what to do to update to the correct emails
- Mark
If it says email taken have you done a reset on www.dropbox.com/forgotten to try and log on using a reset password?
Yeah I have, but because the account doesn't exist, no email comes through for instructions to reset the password.
Hi there,
Most likely, your work email is already associated with a Dropbox account. To be able to check your your Dropbox account associated with the work email address, you can try to gain access by clicking on this link: www.dropbox.com/forgot and type in your work email address and click on Submit. You will be provided a link sent to your work email address to reset your account password. Once reset , you can then access your Dropbox account ( work email). You can just then continue with that account so you will have two accounts, one for personal matters and the other one is for your work.
I hope that helps.
- Rich
EthanSB wrote:
The new email I am trying with saying already taken - but how since i own this email and never used it before with drop box. How can I change it?
If it's saying already taken, then that email address is already associated with an account. In order to use that email address with your account, you'll either need to change the email on the other account (to a third email address) or delete the other account. Either way your work email will be freed up for use on another account.
If it's your email address and you have control of it, try to sign in to the account, resetting the password if necessary.
