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KLAustin's avatar
KLAustin
New member | Level 1
10 days ago

How can I cancel a ghost account that I keep getting billed for?

I have been going crazy trying to figure out why i am getting billed monthly for an account that I do not have.  I initially thought I was paying for my husband's account but he told me I was not.  I look at my account and it's a free one.  I would like stop paying for an account that I do not own, and also get refunded for this.  It's terribly frustrating working with Dropbox when there is nobody to talk to.  Thank you.  Karen

  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey KLAustin, thanks for joining us on the Dropbox Community.

    Are these charges coming to your credit card?

    If so, I would suggest using our payment lookup tool, which will give you the email address linked to the paid account.

    Is it an email address you can access and thus access the account, so you can cancel it?

    Keep me posted.

  • KLAustin's avatar
    KLAustin
    New member | Level 1

    It comes up as my email.  I am trying to get into the billing/payment section, it says that I have a basic account and there is no charge for that.  

     

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      KLAustin wrote:

      It comes up as my email.

      Is the email exactly the same? So, if you are using GMail for example remember there you can use punctuation before the @ sign and gmail.com and @googlemail.com without any issue - they all go to the same place, however, everywhere else would view them as different email accounts. So Mark.Mc@ and MarkMc@ are 2 diff accounts here but not on GMail.

      • Megan's avatar
        Megan
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hi KLAustin, have you tried to contact Dropbox Support directly for this?

        You can visit the Support page while you're not signed in to a Dropbox account, including these forums, and you'll see an option for Billing issues. It's best to use an Incognito or Private browsing session to make sure you're not signed in.

        Once you do, feel free to send me the ticket number reference, in order for me to locate it on my end.

        Let me know more! 

  • KLAustin's avatar
    KLAustin
    New member | Level 1

    It is exact.  Can you please have a look at my account.  I have a feeling that I have been charged for years for a service I did not order.  Thanks.

  • KLAustin's avatar
    KLAustin
    New member | Level 1

    Yes, all I get is a bot.  It's quite frustrating.  I have canceled the payment and would like a refund on the charges that have been charged to me.  You can look for yourself and see that I have not used this service for years.

    • Nancy's avatar
      Nancy
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Hey KLAustin! Please keep in mind that we don’t have any account visibility on the forum, so that we can’t check this on our end. 

      However, we can open a ticket for you to the email address you see here and look into this internally. 

      Let me know if that’s OK and we’ll get things started.

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

      Thanks for confirming this for us KLAustin - I've just followed up via email, so please have a look at your inbox and we'll take it from there. 

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