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A28
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2 years ago

Thought DROPBOX auto-closed for inactivity since 2018. Now find Dropbox is STILL ALWAYS ON (hidden)

May Dropbox account was used on cell phone in 2015 to save photos. After this, I used my IMAC only to check Dropbox activity about twice per year when I got their emails.  By 2018, I was assured by D...
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A28
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Absolutely not.  I have not opened any device's Dropbox account since about 2018.  (However,  * a few days ago I did login, just to check what's going on.)  Thanks for your help.

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Hannah
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2 years ago

Understood, A28.

 

Well, in general, an account remains open if there's some kind of activity, but in any case, if you do not want to keep the account, you can of course delete it, by following the steps in this article.

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