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Hannujar
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2 months ago

My account shows there are 33GB of backups, but my Backups page is empty.

Hello,   My account shows that it's out of storage, I have only 180MB in regular files and a 33GB backup, but I don't see it anywhere else than in the subscription page. Nothing on the backups pa...
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  • Hannujar's avatar
    Hannujar
    2 months ago

    Hi Nancy,

     

    I had already checked and there were no backups, but I just got the issue solved by logging out of the Dropbox desktop app, uninstalling and reinstalling it and then logging in again, now the mysterious backup is gone.  

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Hannujar
New member | Level 2

Hi Megan,

 

Yes, completely empty, screenshot below.

 

 

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Nancy
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2 months ago

Thanks for the screenshot, Hannujar! Are you still not seeing any backup files if you follow these steps?

  • Hannujar's avatar
    Hannujar
    New member | Level 2
    2 months ago

    Hi Nancy,

     

    I had already checked and there were no backups, but I just got the issue solved by logging out of the Dropbox desktop app, uninstalling and reinstalling it and then logging in again, now the mysterious backup is gone.  

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