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culverking
New member | Level 2
3 years ago
Solved

Folder and file won't restore

Deleted a folder with a single file in it yesterday on my mac. Logged in via website today and can see the file and folder in the Deleted Files tab. When I select to restore it does not restore the f...
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  • culverking's avatar
    culverking
    3 years ago

    I had tried that... however I think I subsequently resolved the issue. It's likely because the folder name was not unique and the one I deleted yesterday was the same name as other previously deleted folders. I realized this when I went to the directory where the folder lived and then turned on SHOW DELETED FILES.

    I have a bad habit of making disposable folders without renaming from the standard `untitled folder` and so when I restored it, not only was the file I was looking for resurrected, along with it was months of files that lived momentarily on my computer in the `same` folder.

culverking's avatar
culverking
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I had tried that... however I think I subsequently resolved the issue. It's likely because the folder name was not unique and the one I deleted yesterday was the same name as other previously deleted folders. I realized this when I went to the directory where the folder lived and then turned on SHOW DELETED FILES.

I have a bad habit of making disposable folders without renaming from the standard `untitled folder` and so when I restored it, not only was the file I was looking for resurrected, along with it was months of files that lived momentarily on my computer in the `same` folder.

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Sm25
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago
Delete 5 years file recovery
  • Sm25's avatar
    Sm25
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago
    I want to have my files back for long years
    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      2 years ago

      Hey Sm25 - thanks for joining the discussion here.

       

      Could you please provide some additional information about the issue you're facing as it's not quite clear to me? 

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