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roninyun
5 months agoExplorer | Level 4
Can't edit the email address associated with my account
Hi,
im trying to edit my email account and get an error i do not understand and nothing is updated.
help please...
Thanx!
Ronen
- 5 months ago
Is it possible that you're trying to use an address that's already used by another Dropbox account?
You can test this by attempting to sign in with that address and requesting a password reset.
If a password rest email comes to this address, it means it's already associated with a Dropbox account.
Let me know what you find.
roninyun
Explorer | Level 4
Hi,
I already tried on 2 browsers and on private browsing and still it does not help.
Hannah
5 months agoDropbox Staff
What is the error message that you're getting, roninyun?
Make sure you don't include any personal info, like your email address, in your reply.
- roninyun5 months agoExplorer | Level 4This the error I get, marked in red
Attached picture in the first post.- Hannah5 months agoDropbox Staff
Is it possible that you're trying to use an address that's already used by another Dropbox account?
You can test this by attempting to sign in with that address and requesting a password reset.
If a password rest email comes to this address, it means it's already associated with a Dropbox account.
Let me know what you find.
- roninyun5 months agoExplorer | Level 4That was the reason… thank you!
- Hannah5 months agoDropbox Staff
No worries, roninyun, I'm happy to hear that we found the culprit!
If you need anything else, let us know.
Have a great week ahead!
- mifs4 months agoNew member | Level 2
I understand everything above. I have one account (A) which has 3mb storage and another (B) which has 15mb storage. Both work on my new laptop however I have not used A for some time and it starts up each time I start up my new computer whereas I want B to start up on my new computer like it did on the old one. A has the email address of my new computer and B has an old obselete email address from 2014. As you mention above I cannot have 2 email addresses for the basic Dropbox Account and I am worried if I cancel A will I then be able to edit B and change the email to the email address of A and keep the 15mb. In summary I just want to rename B to A but keep the contents of B and am happy to dump the contents of A hope you can help. Perhaps there may be another way?? where I can just start up my new computer like my old one with B as the default, without changing anything... Hope you can help
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