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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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Jay
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11 months ago

Thanks for the details. Is this behavior appearing when using a different browser on your machine?

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JuanBox
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

I can try Firefox, but at least using Chrome occurs.

But please take a look at this:
Why allow downloading a file that has been previously deleted from the Dropbox website or from the App?
It doesn't make much sense.
Please show an error message that the file was "deleted" or "moved to trash" and not allow downloading it.

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