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Dropbox is lying that I am out of storage
My files are no longer syncing with another app due to dropbox incorrectly stating that I am out of storage. I just deleted almost everything (which still wasn't over storage even then) but it didn't...
Have you deleted your backups at www.dropbox.com/backups ?
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIHave you deleted your backups at www.dropbox.com/backups ?
Thank you - this was the issue. I had no idea Dropbox had suddenly decided to backup my entire laptop and the UI didn't show it as far as I can tell. Many thanks for the quick resolution!
How soon it take to refresh the storages ?
As i deleted the backup files. Dropbox still shows i used up 23GB
- Rich
WhyForceAUsernameToReadForum wrote:
I had no idea Dropbox had suddenly decided to backup my entire laptop and the UI didn't show it as far as I can tell.
Dropbox doesn't do this on its own. You either need to go into Preferences and enable it manually, or you inadvertently enabled it during installation by just clicking by the option when it was presented (not opting out).
Who do Dropbox need backups? i thought these are cloud storages automatically
- Rich
Jean Chan wrote:
Who do Dropbox need backups? i thought these are cloud storages automatically
The backup functionality is separate from your cloud storage. The main difference is that your cloud storage syncs data between multiple devices. Data saved through the backup process doesn't sync; it's just stored. You can read more about it here:
