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Irishsal's avatar
Irishsal
Explorer | Level 4
5 years ago

I made a typo on my email, now I can't verify or change the email address

Hi
Please I need some help. When signing up for Dropbox I made a mistake on my email address - omitted a full stop. I can't verify my email and it won't let me change it under settings. Thanks

  • Hi Irishsal; welcome to our Community!

     

    This shouldn't be an issue as long as you remember your password. From your account's General tab, click on the verify email button and then choose the 'update email address' option from the prompt you get. Input your correct email address and password and you should receive an email to verify your email address to your (correct) email's inbox. 

     

    Let me know if that doesn't work for you and we'll take it from there. 

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hi Irishsal; welcome to our Community!

     

    This shouldn't be an issue as long as you remember your password. From your account's General tab, click on the verify email button and then choose the 'update email address' option from the prompt you get. Input your correct email address and password and you should receive an email to verify your email address to your (correct) email's inbox. 

     

    Let me know if that doesn't work for you and we'll take it from there. 

    • Irishsal's avatar
      Irishsal
      Explorer | Level 4
      Hi Walter Thanks so much for your help.
      • Walter's avatar
        Walter
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        Glad I could help Irishsal!

         

        See you around the Community :sunglasses:

  • SuziA's avatar
    SuziA
    New member | Level 2

    I have an invalid email address on my dropbox account.  somehow a c has been added to the .com  ie: .comc

    I cannot reset my email account as it is pending verification and when i send the email it doesn't arrive due to the c at the end!!!

    help????

    • Lusil's avatar
      Lusil
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Hi SuziA, thanks for reaching out to us. 

       

      I moved your post here, where another user had the same issue but was able to get this resolved with Walter's suggestion. 

       

      Can you check it out and let us know if it does the trick for you too?

       

      Keep us posted!

  • jhc25's avatar
    jhc25
    New member | Level 2

    When I set up my Dropbox account, I mistyped my email address.  Dropbox can't verify me to this non-existent email.  How do I fix this?

    • Lusil's avatar
      Lusil
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      Hey jhc25, thanks for checking in with us. 

       

      I moved your post to this thread, where another user had a similar concern. 

       

      Have a look at what is suggested, and let us know if you have any trouble along the way. 

       

      Cheers!

  • Juan Karelse's avatar
    Juan Karelse
    New member | Level 2

    We had created a new dropbox account named. [personal information removed as per Community Guidelines] and that domain is not the correct one, Obv. Finger error. We need it to get changed to [personal information removed as per Community Guidelines]. The tricky part is that we have already upgraded the account with the incorrect email address to 2tb storage space.  Could you guys please assist as we are not able to verify that email address.

  • David777's avatar
    David777
    New member | Level 2

    Hi,

     

    my dropbox account is connected with a wrong email adress.

    Now I can´t neither confirm nor change my adress. What can I do?

     

    Thanx for your help!

    • Daphne's avatar
      Daphne
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      Hi there David777, please check out Walter's post here when you have the time, and let me know if you have any questions - thanks!
  • GC10's avatar
    GC10
    New member | Level 2

    When i set up drop box i have made a typo in my e mail address. I cannot correct this unless i verify my e mail which is not going to work. I have also forgotten my password . How do i change my e mail address or even delete my account to start again ?

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

      Without access to the email you cannot I'm afraid. 

       

      So I suggest just downloading everything and starting a fresh with a new account 🙂