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marketing5
Explorer | Level 3
12 months ago

Over quota and cannot edit documents, read only available

I have a basic account and I am over quota. I have just noticed that all my documents are now read only, so I can't edit them in dropbox. Is this because I am over quota as it has only just started h...
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    12 months ago

    It's always been the case, and hasn't changed. You can still technically edit files in your Dropbox folder on your computer, since they are still normal files on your computer, however, they will not sync to the site automatically until the account is underquota. 

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