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amyp4317
7 years agoExplorer | Level 3
How do I get access to old accounts?
I am trying to find several old Dropbox accounts I no longer have the passwords to nor do I have access to the emails the account were built under. How do I locate all of my outstanding Dropbox Accou...
- 7 years agoIn short, you can't.
Your email address is required to access an account. If you no longer have access to the email in question and you don't know your password (or the password has expired) you can no longer gain access the account. Even if it was a paid account, all Dropbox would help you with is removing the payment method from the account so you're no longer charged. They wouldn't help you gain access to the account.
The only possibility in such a scenario is if you still have a device linked to the account and syncing, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Timtooly
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
I need to sign in to an old account of mine but don't have access to the old email address anymore, I do have the old password though?
Have tried all options but still get the invalid email or password notification?
- Rich4 years agoSuper User II
Timtooly wrote:
I need to sign in to an old account ..
When was thge last time you signed in to the account? If the account was idle for more than a year, it would have been deleted due to inactivity. Once an account has been deleted, neither the account nor the files within can be recovered.
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