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tyanna's avatar
tyanna
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Unable to access files on web and Paper despite being logged in

I am unable to access my dropbox files, and it prompted me to sign in but I am already signed in, please advise; the prompt is as follows:

 

 

Error (403)
It seems you don't belong here! You should probably sign in. Check out our Help Center and forums for help, or head back to home.

  • Hey everyone, it seems that we faced an issue with previewing and Dropbox Paper a little while ago, but it looks like everything is operational now.

     

    If you come across any issues, make sure to keep an eye on the Dropbox system status page, where you can see if there are any known outages, etc.

  • jameswhite's avatar
    jameswhite
    New member | Level 2

    I was alerted today that someone is seeing this error when trying to access a paper document I previously shared with them:

     

    Error (403)
    It seems you don't belong here! You should probably sign in. Check out our Help Center and forums for help, or head back to home.

     

    I checked, and I am getting the same error when trying to access that document via the browser. In fact I get that error for any Paper document in my account. I am signed in with the correct account. These are all documents that I created. I can see a full list of all my documents. I can access other file types. But any Paper document, I see that error.

    • junn's avatar
      junn
      New member | Level 2

      After contacting the dropbox support, I got an answer below.

       

      1. Open https://dropbox.com/paper and you will get the list of your paper files.

      2. Click the link of paper that you want to open then you can edit it.

       

      I don't know why, but this works for my paper.

      I hope it works well with you.

       

      • jameswhite's avatar
        jameswhite
        New member | Level 2

        That seems to work for accessing my own documents. But what about those I have shared them with, who are accessing via a link?

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

    Hey everyone, it seems that we faced an issue with previewing and Dropbox Paper a little while ago, but it looks like everything is operational now.

     

    If you come across any issues, make sure to keep an eye on the Dropbox system status page, where you can see if there are any known outages, etc.

    • tyanna's avatar
      tyanna
      New member | Level 2

      Yeap, it is working now, thanks!

  • Esther09's avatar
    Esther09
    New member | Level 2

    I am receiving the same error as well. Error(403) .

  • wonderval's avatar
    wonderval
    New member | Level 2

    Same here with Dropbox Paper files. Though, I'm able to access Word Documents and Excel Workbooks. 

  • junn's avatar
    junn
    New member | Level 2

    After contacting the dropbox support, I got an answer below.

     

    1. Open https://dropbox.com/paper and you will get the list of your paper files.

    2. Click the link of paper that you want to open then you can edit it.

     

    I don't know why, but this works for my paper.

     

    • wonderval's avatar
      wonderval
      New member | Level 2

      Haven't changed anything for me, I still get the error. 😞

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