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MoranMarcel
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

Can I change my anonymous mail sign-in and add my real email address to my account?

My email is a normal  **********@gmail.com and it is the email connected to my Dropbox account. When I initially signed in to Dropbox, I accidentally signed in as anonymous mail, i hurry up and pre...
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Hannah
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6 months ago

Hey MoranMarcel, thanks for joining the Dropbox Community!

 

To make sure I understand correctly, you mean that you signed up with Apple and used the "hide my email" option, right?

 

In that case, can you try to add your real email address to your account, by following these steps and let me know how it goes?

 

Thanks!

  • MoranMarcel's avatar
    MoranMarcel
    New member | Level 2
    6 months ago

    Thank you! i appriciate youre help.

    You right, I chose 'hide you email' by accidant.

    But i dont want to ADD, i want to DELETE completly the random "fake" email, and to have ONLY my gmail.

    it still guide me to ask permission to access emails shared with me, and I dont want to ask. 

    I want everyone that have the my GMAIL adress to be able to share files with me, without me asking for permission.

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    MoranMarcel
    New member | Level 2
    6 months ago

    And BTW, when i followed the steps you linked, it's seems like i already did it before (because it mentioned my GMAIL adress), but its NOT solving the problem, because when someone shares stuff with me i still get this notification:

    **********@gmail.com was given access, but yourwe signed in as ******@privaterelay.appleid.com

    😞

    • Hannah's avatar
      Hannah
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      6 months ago

      Thanks for the update, MoranMarcel.

       

      So, if you go to the general tab in your account settings, which email address do you see associated with your account?

       

      Are you able to update the email address there to your real email address?

      • MoranMarcel's avatar
        MoranMarcel
        New member | Level 2
        6 months ago

        When i press on 'personal email' is shows my gmail adress, if i press 'edit' this message pops out:

        "

        For your security, Dropbox requires you to set a password to change your email.

        Dropbox will send an email to [removed per the Dropbox Community Guidelines] with further instructions. You may need to check your spam folder or unblock no-reply@dropbox.com."

         

        Why does it ask me to set a password? is it necessary?

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