Why did dropbox say "Deleted files don't count against your storage quota, so permanently deleting them won't free up space"?
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Dropbox said this because when a file is deleted, it is moved to the Trash folder rather than being completely erased from the account. Files in the Trash folder do not take up space in the account's storage quota. Therefore, even if you permanently delete a file from the Trash folder, it won't free up space since it wasn't occupying any space in the first place.
No, It did free up space on my account.
I apologize for the confusion. It's possible that Dropbox has updated its policy since that statement was made. According to Dropbox's current policy, permanently deleting a file does actually free up space in your account. When you permanently delete a file from Dropbox, it is removed from all devices and cannot be recovered. This action also frees up the space that the file was occupying in your account's storage quota.