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thejanman
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Basic Account Space reduced from 16GB to 2GB
I had 16GB of storage space on my basic account due to referrals I made. Few months ago they reduced it to 2GB. I thought storage increases earned through referrals did not have an expiration.
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- 2 years ago
Hey thejanman, welcome to our Community!
Referral space is indeed permanent, and does not get removed from your available quota, so let's see what we can find out.
Where did you initially see that your space was down to 2 GB?
If you go to your account settings here, how much space does it report?
If it's a different amount, is it possible that you have a second free account with just 2 GB instead?
Let me know what you find.
phantasm
New member | Level 2
Same here. I've always had 10.23Gb of storage space (now using 7.8 Gb) and now it's reduced to 2Gb. Received an email today saying that my storage is about to stop syncing. Wonder why it's happened.
Rich
2 years agoSuper User II
phantasm wrote:
Same here. I've always had 10.23Gb of storage space (now using 7.8 Gb) and now it's reduced to 2Gb. Received an email today saying that my storage is about to stop syncing. Wonder why it's happened.
Don't just go by the email. Look at your actual usage on your Plan page. What does it show?
- phantasm2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Rich wrote: Look at your actual usage on your Plan page. What does it show?It says:
Dropbox Basic Free
2 GB of storage to help you store and share files.
-------Personal Dropbox space
Using 7.7 GB of 10.23 GB- Rich2 years agoSuper User II
phantasm wrote:
Using 7.7 GB of 10.23 GB
You still have all of your space. Remember that 2GB is just the base amount of space that's included with a Basic account to start, so it still shows that. Your usage shows how much space you have including both the base amount and space earned through referrals and other promotions.
- Rob_NZ2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
This just happened to me yesterday as well. I had about 10gb of storage built up from referrals. I logged out of my personal account in order to install a new work account and then link my personal account, and when I logged back in to my personal account my storage space had reduced to 7.25gb and I now get the over storage limit message.
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