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Enter your mobile phone number and click Next.Let's go with the text message option, so leave that one selected. At the next screen, Dropbox gives you a choice of using text messages or a mobile app to generate the security codes.In the Enable two-step verification window, click the Get started button.Under Two-step verification, click the Enable link. To enable two-step verification, return to the Settings page as described above and click the Security tab.This process requires you to enter your password and a security code sent to your mobile phone each time you wish to log into Dropbox. If you really want to be on the safe-and-secure side, you can enable two-step verification. Dropbox tells you that your new password has been saved.

Type your new password in the first field and then again in the second field. The Dropbox site opens and display a Forgot your password page.Dropbox will sent you an email with a link to reset your password. At the window to Reset your Dropbox password, confirm your email address and click the Submit button.Click the Forgot password link instead.Dropbox then flashes the following message at the top of the screen: "Password changed successfully." And that's pretty much it. In the Change password window, type your current (old) password and then type your new password.In the Security section, click the link to Change password.At the Settings screen, click the tab for Security.Click the link for your name in the upper right corner and click the link for Settings.But just to be on the safe side, those of you who use Dropbox may want to change your password at this point. Dropbox, meanwhile, claims that it was not hacked and that the passwords were actually stolen from third-party services and used to try to gain access to accounts on its online file storage site.ĭropbox has already reportedly forced a password reset for the affected accounts, according to The Next Web.

On Monday, a group of hackers claimed to have stolen the login information for almost 7 million Dropbox users, threatening to release the password details unless they're paid a ransom.