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tsveg1
5 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Excel file reverted to older version and I get an error when checking its version history
Hi,
An excel file was reverted to an old version, 31/01/2023. And this is a file that I edited every month.
If I check the history of file obtain:
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- Dell_Dropbox5 months ago
Community Manager
Hey there tsveg1β welcome to the community!
For starters, are you certain that you've logged into the correct Dropbox account? I'm asking because in previous cases like this, some users discovered they had a second Dropbox account they didn't know about.
Do you see any event history on this page, or deleted files?
- tsveg15 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Yes i log in correct account, as you con see I obtain an error if i check the history of file.
- Nancy5 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey tsveg1, hope itβs OK for me to jump in.
Are you getting the same error, if you try to access the version history of a different file?
Can you also test this via another browser, and/or an incognito window, and let me know what you find?
- tsveg15 months agoExplorer | Level 3
It's ok Nancy.
I try with a differend browser, and i getting the same error.If i try with a different file there is no problem, i see the complete history.
- Megan5 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi there, tsveg1!
When visiting your events page here, what do you see in regards to this specific file? When was the last time it was edited?
Can you send me a couple of screenshots please, in order for me to have a visual?
- tsveg15 months agoExplorer | Level 3
Yes of course, thanks for your interest.
And in the events page i see anly one events on this file, that was 31/1/2023:
The problem i that i try to view history of this file i obtain:
I i try with history of txt file i obtain:
And thi is correct because i havent more touch that file, otherwise the excel file
- Hannah5 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for the additional info and screenshots, tsveg1.
Can you let us know how you were editing the file? Were you using the Excel program on your computer and working on the file directly through your local Dropbox folder?
Was it perhaps through the Dropbox mobile app or the Dropbox website?
- tsveg15 months agoExplorer | Level 3
well i have edited file via excel.
The file is on a ubuntu 20.04 file system and i use the ubuntu dropbox client to syncronize the file. Excel access directly to file throught a virtual Box virtual machine.
- Megan5 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi tsveg1β!
It seems possible that the changes of the file weren't synced to your account online.
If the newer edits you made on the file synced to our servers, then you should be able to see the file's versions when checking through your events page.
But the page only reports changes from 2023, and no newer additions.
Also how long ago was the file last edited before the latest version? If you're a free user, then Dropbox will keep the previous versions made within the 30-day recovery window, not before that.
- tsveg15 months agoExplorer | Level 3
No it is no possible, is year the I edit this file, and if file it was not synched in local vesion i must have the new file e not the oldest one.
Anyway it is clear an error if when i see the history i obtain a screen error and not a correct history page.Yes i have a free varsion of dropbox, but the version of 2023 of the file is not the last version is an old version. I cannot prove this but i'm sure what i say .....
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