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JuanBox
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11 months ago

A deleted file still appears and allows it to download from the site

Hello, I often experience a behavior that I understand is not correct. I have a folder A where I have several PDF files numbered with a numeric sufix, I delete one of those PDF files from the web ...
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JuanBox
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

I use Chrome latest version, and Android App latest version too.

It happens with the files that I have deleted and that are still displayed in the list of files in the folder in question.
I suppose it is due to a cache or synchronization problem.
It does not happen with all of them, I delete some and they do not appear again in the list, but some (the minority) continue to appear despite having been deleted and having received the message of successful deletion.
The biggest problem is that I try to download it (despite being deleted) and it does allow me to download it, when it should give an error in this case to know that although it appears in the list, the file is no longer in that folder (was deleted)

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