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P-Jota
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3 years ago
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Hello,   I accidentally deleted a bunch of files (all my work from the my previous job), and when I noticed they were already permanently deleted, according to the e-mail I received. Is that any wa...
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    Rich
    3 years ago
    P-Jota wrote:

    I noticed they were already permanently deleted ... Is that any way at all to recover these?

    Unfortunately, no. If the files were permanently deleted, or if it's already beyond the recovery time for your account, then there's no way to recover the files.

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Rich
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3 years ago
P-Jota wrote:

I noticed they were already permanently deleted ... Is that any way at all to recover these?

Unfortunately, no. If the files were permanently deleted, or if it's already beyond the recovery time for your account, then there's no way to recover the files.

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P-Jota
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

Well, big bummer. TYVM for the swift reply.

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