Dropbox: Sign in and Create Account

We have reached a point where physical files have abandoned to replaced by virtual ones. In many cases, our computer can clutter with all these documents, which we can access with great ease. But what if we find ourselves on another computer or far from our home? People who constantly log in to Dropbox, do it to be able to access all their documents, videos, images, files and others through a cloud-based platform, where we can store almost anything we want.

One of the great advantages of having a Dropbox account is that we not only have a space where we can store information, but we also have other additional tools that allow us to share with other contacts.

Nor should we forget that this service has one of the best levels of security. Therefore, you can sure that all the important information. That is in the cloud will one hundred percent protected from anyone who tries to access it.

In case you are away from home, you can access your documents and files through the Dropbox application. And this achieved thanks to the application designed exclusively for mobile devices. Later we will be showing you how you can download dropbox for your device with Android or iOS.

Create a Dropbox account

The only way you can store all your files in the Dropbox cloud is by creating an account with this service. Don’t know how to do it? Here we will show you each of the steps you must follow.

1. Go to the Dropbox website and fill out the form that will displayed on the home page. This used for create an account on the platform.
2. Once the account registration is successful, a new window will appear requesting the download of the Dropbox program. If you don’t have it, click on the “Download Dropbox” option.
3. When the download of the program finished, you just have to run the installer. So that you can have it on your computer and be able to access it more easily.

Sign in to Dropbox

Now that you have a registered Dropbox account, we’ll show you how to log in. This will not take long, and you can do it in the following way:

1. Go to the Dropbox home page and click on the option  log in, which is at the top of the screen, as is and as indicated in the image below.
2. Enter your account email address and password. When you do, click on the “Login” option to continue.
3. If you entered your email address and password, then the login was successful. Now you can save all the documents you want in the cloud and carry out many other activities.

How to recover a password in Dropbox?

In case you created a Dropbox account on a previous occasion, but want to resume it due to having important files, then you can. If you forgot your account password, you should know that it is possible to recover it. To do this, it is only necessary to follow the following steps:

1. Go to the Dropbox login page.
2. Instead of entering your account information, as you normally would, you must click on the option Forgot your password?
3. Enter the email of the account whose password you forgot. When you do, confirm by clicking on the “Send” button.
4. Log in to your email and open the email that will be arriving from Dropbox. Click on the blue Reset password button to continue with the process.
5. Now you just have to write the new password in the two empty text fields. Remember that both must coincide with each other so that the change can made successfully.

If you did these steps in the right way, then you will witness how your account will have been opened successfully. From now on, you will be able to enter with the new password that you established, which we recommend you write down on a piece of paper or document on your computer so that you do not forget it again.

In case you go through an oversight that leads to forgetting the password for your Dropbox account, then we invite you to visit this section again so that you can recover the password again through the simple steps that we explained above.

Save and access your files with the Dropbox mobile app

A very important advantage of Dropbox is that we can access our files in the cloud from a mobile device. Anytime we need an important document, the Dropbox application can get us out of trouble.

If you have an Android or iOS device, you can download the official Dropbox app from the corresponding web portal. Here we will show you what you have to do in both cases.

Download Dropbox for Android

1. Use the following link to enter the Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android
2. Check the compatibility of the application with your mobile device and click on the “Install” button to start the download.
3. Once the application completely downloaded, it will automatically begin to install on your device.

Download Dropbox for iOS

1. Enter the App Store from your mobile device by following this link
2. Click on the download button and enter your Apple ID to validate the process. The download time may vary depending on the internet connection you have.
3. Once the Dropbox app has finished downloading completely, you can start installing it on your iOS device using iTunes.

It should be noted that it is necessary to synchronise the Dropbox account. That you already have with the mobile device where you downloaded the application. This will help you log in more easily, and you can also receive important notifications.

Enjoy the benefits of Dropbox on your mobile device

There are several additional benefits that you can have with the Dropbox application. One of the most outstanding is the possibility of using the camera of your mobile device as a scanner that will allow you to scan any invoice, file or physical document.

The result that you obtain from the scanner, you can save it in the same way in the cloud. As if it were any other file created by means of a computer.

With the Dropbox application it is also possible to share files with your other contacts easily. You can even continue working on other files even when you don’t have an internet connection, which makes this app more functional.

As we mentioned at the beginning, all these advantages can only be taken advantage of by users who have a Dropbox account. If you followed the steps that we explained above, then you will already be the owner of your own account, so you can start exploring all these advantages that we have pointed out.

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