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lisajanel
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

I'm getting warnings showing I'm over my limit and then I realized my 5G from Quicken is missing

I started getting warnings that I was above my 2 GB free account.  I should have 7 GB as I have Quicken and previously redeemed an offer for 5 GB Dropbox space.  It's been fine for several years but ...
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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the screenshot, lisajanel, and I hope you’re doing well!

     

    From what you’ve provided, it looks like you’re not close to running out of space indeed, so you shouldn’t worry about your Dropbox account going over-quota soon. 

     

    Out of curiosity though, did you delete any files from your account after receiving that notification about your Dropbox storage? Are you still receiving warnings that you need to upgrade your account or have they stopped?

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Hannah
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

Hey lisajanel, thanks for reaching out to the us today.

 

Can you please send us a screenshot of the warning that you got and also a screenshot of what your plan page is reporting, so we can look into this?

 

Thanks in advance!

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lisajanel
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Here are the requested screenshots.  Also - I went through all my files and they don't add up to 2.9 GB anyway.  I don't see where that number is coming from.  Thanks!

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
    2 years ago
    lisajanel wrote:

     I went through all my files and they don't add up to 2.9 GB anyway.  I don't see where that number is coming from.

    Anything in your Backups?

    • lisajanel's avatar
      lisajanel
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Thanks for the suggestion but I looked and I don't have any backups. Here's a screenshot:  

      • Nancy's avatar
        Nancy
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
        2 years ago

        Thanks for the screenshot, lisajanel, and I hope you’re doing well!

         

        From what you’ve provided, it looks like you’re not close to running out of space indeed, so you shouldn’t worry about your Dropbox account going over-quota soon. 

         

        Out of curiosity though, did you delete any files from your account after receiving that notification about your Dropbox storage? Are you still receiving warnings that you need to upgrade your account or have they stopped?

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