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halfapug
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2 years ago
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Can I recover a deleted account or the files that were stored there?

A few days ago my grandson thought he was helping me by deleting files, apps, etc. that were taking up space as long as they weren’t used often. He deleted my Dropbox account because all he saw were ...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    2 years ago

    Hey halfapug - sorry to hear about this.

     

    I'm afraid if the account was deleted as you mentioned, we won't be able to help recover the account or any of the files that were stored there.

     

    I wish I had a better answer for you. 

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Walter
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2 years ago

Hey halfapug - sorry to hear about this.

 

I'm afraid if the account was deleted as you mentioned, we won't be able to help recover the account or any of the files that were stored there.

 

I wish I had a better answer for you. 

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    halfapug
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    Thanks for the speedy and expected reply. I thought this would be the answer, but had to try.

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