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johnlink
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Does rewind lose my current work

Hi All   Got an email today saying thousands of my dropbox files had been deleted (by me on 19th Feb 4 days ago).  Really!  I did use an app on my PC called Duplicate File Finder and it found heaps...
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Jay
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3 years ago

Hi johnlink, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

 

When using Dropbox Rewind, as it sounds, it would rewind the entire account or folder you're selecting to an earlier date. Any changes made since that date would be lost, so I'd recommend making a copy of those files you want to keep and saving them elsewhere that won't be affected by the changes.

 

If you're rewinding the whole account, then you'd need to save the files outside of the Dropbox folder itself.

 

If you need any further assistance, please let me know!

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johnlink
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

OK well that's a bit sad.  How about can I just select all the items listed in the DELETED FILES list and hit RESTORE.  Surely this will not zap any of my recent work in the associated folders?  My big concern is that there are 22,810 of them so a bit cautious don't want my Dropbox to explode with files, and is there any way to avoid restoring duplicated files IE files that may exist elsewhere in my Dropbox folders?  Stupid question I know as I see the answer is almost always YA CANT DO THAT IN DROPBOX!

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    Jay
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    3 years ago

    You could restore the deleted files via that page, and they would be recovered in the original locations they were deleted from.

     

    Currently, it isn't possible to avoid restoring duplicate files. 

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