How to check how much Dropbox storage space is left

Updated Mar 05, 2025

How to check your account space How to see the free space you've earned

This article describes a feature available to customers on Dropbox Plus, Professional, Essentials, Standard, Advanced, Business, or Business Plus plans and to certain types of admins on Dropbox team accounts.

This article explains how to check the amount of storage space you have left in your Dropbox account.

The fastest way to check how much storage space you have left in your Dropbox account is in the Account section of dropbox.com:

Dropbox Basic, Plus, Family, Professional, and Essentials: Check my available storage.

If you've run out of storage space in your Dropbox Basic account, consider upgrading to Dropbox Plus or Professional.

Dropbox Business, Business Plus, Standard, Advanced, and Enterprise: Check my available storage.

How to check your account space

To check your available storage space:

Log in to dropbox.com.
Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the bottom-left corner.
Click Manage account.
Click Subscriptions in the left sidebar.
Check the bar under Personal Dropbox space. This shows the combination of regular and shared files in your account and unused space.
- Regular files: The sum of space used by files and folders in your account that aren’t shared.
- Shared files: The sum of space used by shared files and folders that you’ve joined.

Notes:

Shared folders that aren't joined don't count towards your used space.
Family plans show a bar of all the space your family is using, and you can click the arrow next to Everyone else’s files to see how much storage space each family member is using.

Dropbox Basic users can also check their available storage at the bottom of the left sidebar. To do this:

Check the blue, yellow, or red box in the bottom left corner.
Click “^” (up arrow icon) to expand the menu and see how much space you’ve used and how much you have left for each feature.
Scroll down to view more features and click the button next to one of the following features to open it:
- Upload anything
- Sign documents
- Record video
- Review media
- Edit PDFs
- Edit images
- Edit video

If you see the Upgrade for more button, click it to add more storage space by upgrading to a different Dropbox plan.

To check your available space on dropbox.com:

Log in to dropbox.com.
Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the bottom-left corner.
Click Settings.
Click Plan.
Check the bar under Your Dropbox account space. This shows the combination of regular and shared files in your account and unused space.
- Regular files: The sum of space used by files and folders in your account that aren’t shared.
- Shared files: The sum of space used by shared files and folders that you’ve joined.

Note: Shared folders that aren’t joined don’t count towards your used space.

If you’re an admin on a Dropbox team, you can get a more detailed view of:

How to see the free space you've earned

You can earn free space in your Dropbox account by referring your friends, family, and coworkers.

To see how much space you've already earned, and get more:

Log in to dropbox.com.
Click your avatar (profile picture or initials) in the bottom-left corner.
Select Settings.
- If you've connected a personal and work account, select which account you'd like to see settings for.
Click the Refer a friend tab and scroll down to Total bonus space earned.

You’ll see a number of total MB earned and a list of referrals you sent that earned you extra storage space. Learn how to earn free extra storage when you invite your friends to try Dropbox.

Need even more space? Consider upgrading to Dropbox Plus, which has 2 TB of storage.

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