How To Score A Ton Of Free Storage Space On Dropbox

How To Score A Ton Of Free Storage Space On Dropbox: "

Dropbox is one of the best file synchronization tools around, but you start out with only 2 GB of space, which isn't always enough to sync music or collaborate with your co-workers. Here's how to increase your storage without paying anything.


You won't get to the 50 GB level with just these free methods, but you can certainly get enough space to keep your Dropbox from overflowing. Here's a comprehensive list of all the ways you can get extra space into your Dropbox.


Editor's note: Many of you are already using Dropbox, and know how the referral link system works. Sending out your referral link is a great way to get extra space, but please do not post your referral links in the comments of this article. Unlike sending an email to your friends or posting your link on Twitter, we'd have tens or hundreds of referral links in the same place, which is just plain spam. Feel free to post in the comments if you have other great ways to score free space or other ideas on how to effectively share referrals, but if you post your link in the comments without someone asking for one, you will get warned or banned.


This post originally appeared on Lifehacker.

Click the Getting Started Tab



When you log into Dropbox, you'll notice a 'Getting Started' tab on the top of the interface. If you complete five of the steps under that tab, Dropbox will give you an extra 250 MB of space for free. The steps are extremely easy to complete, and if you've been using Dropbox for awhile, you've probably already completed most or all of them, like:



  1. Take the Dropbox Tour

  2. Install Dropbox on Your Computer

  3. Put Files in your Dropbox Folder

  4. Install Dropbox on Other Computers You Use

  5. Share a Folder with Friends or Colleagues

  6. Invite Some Friends to Join Dropbox

  7. Install Dropbox on Your Mobile Device


Once you've completed five of those things, you should see an extra 250 MB of space show up in your Dropbox.




Connect Dropbox to Your Social Media Accounts



If you're a Twitter or Facebook user, you can get up to 768 MB of free space by performing a few simple social media-related tasks on Dropbox's 'free' page. Most of them are quite simple—connecting your Twitter and Facebook account to Dropbox, following @Dropbox on Twitter, sending them a one-line feedback message, and tweeting about Dropbox to your followers. With the exception of the last one (which we'll come back to in a moment), they're all very easy things that will take just a few minutes to do.




Refer your friends



This is the big one. The best way to get extra Dropbox space is to send your referral link to others, which, after they sign up with it, will give you (and them) and extra of 250 MB of space in their accounts. So, if you get four people to sign up for Dropbox using your referral link, that's an extra gigabyte for you. There are a few good ways to go about this (without getting spammy), and you can seriously increase your space with just a few choice words and link.




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