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Alex N
15 days agoExplorer | Level 3
Changing email and lost files
Hi I have had a DB account for many years under an email address which I have recently changed. My Windows Explorer and smartphone (using the old email address) work as expected and I can save and ...
Mark
15 days agoSuper User II
Alex N wrote:How do I have all folders and files appear in online DB under my new email address?
If you are getting the message saying 'email already taken' you have chosen the 'sign up' option and not 'log in' when trying to install Dropbox 🙂
Use the other one and it should work
- Alex N15 days agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi and thanks for replying. I changed my email address within DB moving from a now defunct email address to a gmail account. In doing do, I expected the folders and files to be in the gmail email account. I now can log online into DB using gmail but there are no files. If I try and revert to the old email address in DB, a message tells me that email address is already taken. Any suggestions how to link my files to the gmail account?
- Mark15 days agoSuper User II
You have set up a new account, as I said. You now have 2 - the old one and the new one. That is why they are both working.
Try sharing folders between the two accounts to move the data between them.
- Alex N15 days agoExplorer | Level 3
I can attempt that but I have 9GB for free under my old email address but my new account has the standard 2GB. Anyway of resolving this?
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