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Forum Discussion
Why is Free Storage Space Removed by Dropbox?
I've been reading through some community posts, and a few people have said similar to the following: They have a free account, have storage of over 20GB, but Dropbox has messaged them to say the spa...
Hi RRRarchit, when was the last time you accessed your account? If you're not seeing the referrals on this page, then it means that this specific account never had them, which would indicate that either there was another account, or the original account was deleted and recreated later under the same email.
manngroup, how large is the shared folder you're trying to add to your account? Is it possible that it's greater than your available free quota?
Mark
Super User II
Super User IISpace from referrals does not get removed unless there is deemed an abuse of the referral system.
However, other space is time limited. Dropbox does not give out over 16gb for referrals, so, if you have had 20gb+ thats come from elsewhere.
Hi I have had 25 GB of free storage after making referrals over years. The Dropbox icon on my task bar still says, "Dropbox 25 GB".
I'm in the middle of passing files to members of a neighborhood counsel. Yesterday I sent a Dropbox link to some of the subcommittee and today it gives me a message "Couldn't copy - Your out of Dropbox space". Why after years of earning the space am I dinghied its use. This is bad timing. I need immediate help.
Thanks - Russ Erickson -current email address - I may have originally signed up using my old work email address can't remember which email I used. Use the current address
I see in the post below that space is only removed if there was abuse of the referral system. I never abused the system. All referrals I did was done prior to changing jobs in 2017. It took years to build up the referrals. I'm retired now and this is a problem for me. I'm doing free community work, and this puts a halt to my efforts - please help.
- Walter
Dropbox Staff
Hey russee4, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Could you please have a look at your account's plan tab and let me know what's reported there?
Also, is the email address you see on your account's settings online the same as the one you're using on the desktop app?
Let us know what you find and we'll take it from there.Hi Walter - Thanks for the reply.
Hey @russee4, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.
Q - Could you please have a look at your account's plan tab and let me know what's reported there?Answer The accounts plan tab says - Dropbox space is the Basic Account - currently there are 1.4 GB of files - Unused space 3.35 GB (Note - I removed something like 9 or 10 GB's worth of files so I could get it to do the work I needed to do.)
Q - Also, is the email address you see on your account's settings online the same as the one you're using on the desktop app?
Answer - NO- The email address on the "settings online" shows my old employer's email which doesn't exist anymore. I saw the "Edit" button and tried to change the email address to my current address but don't think I was successful making the change as I couldn't remember the old password despite receiving the account verification email a few times.
Let us know what you find and we'll take it from there.[Moderator edit: Personal information removed as per the Community Guidelines]
- Walter
Thanks for the updates russee4
If you'd like to change the account you have linked to your desktop app on your computer, you'll need to unlink the old one and then link the account you'll be using from now on through the app's preferences.
When it comes to the issue you mentioned originally, can you clarify which account is affecting after all?
