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andreas chat
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

I can't reset my password as I have no access to the email

Hello everybody,   Need to log in to my dropbox account but i forgot the password. I cant reset it because the email address is business and not available anymore to email servers. There is a...
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katrine9
New member | Level 2
12 months ago

Hi, 

 

I made the stupid mistake and created a Dropbox account with the wrong email a couple of months ago. I forgot the G in gmail, can you believe it? I also purchased the 2TB storage and added my files without realising the initial error with the email address. Now I have to return my computer to my previous job (on which I am logged in on the Dropbox account), and wanted to log in to my Dropbox on my new computer.

 

The thing is, I have forgotten my password as well. I can't reset it as that would mean I would need login to the "@mail.com"-mail, which I don't. 

 

So now I'm not really sure what to do. I don't remember the password so I can't update the email, and I can't reset my password because I don't have access to the wrong email. 

 

Any suggestions? Please.

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      katrine9
      New member | Level 2
      12 months ago

      Hi Mark, 

       

      Thank you for your input! 
      I didn't quite understand what you meant with "Make sure you do so while not logged in (including here) so often an incognito window works best." Could you please explain this?

       

      Thanks

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        Mark
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        12 months ago

        If you are logged in, at all, to the Dropbox services, it will detect your plan. So if you are a free user it wont let you log a ticket. 

         

        If you are a paid user, and logged in as a paid user, you'll get the options to contact support 🙂

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