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julia3579
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I accidentally deleted my file and it's not in my deleted items folder
I accidentally deleted the wrong file this morning and I really need it back, because it had important comments on it. It's not in my recently deleted items folder, even though I did not select to pe...
julia3579
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Walter,
I was able to find the file on the events page; thank you for providing me with the link because I was having trouble finding it. Does it fully restore everything, including comments? I think there may have been comments on the pdf file, but if there were, they weren't restored (not sure if it was the right version).
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoHey julia3579, I just tested it on my end, and the comments I made on a file, were back, when I restored it, so you should be good to go.
- julia35792 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Thank you for your help!
- tatendamakoni2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Hi Hannah, can you kindly help me with retrieving my dropbox folders that were deleted by someone loaning my laptop
- Mark2 years ago
Super User II
tatendamakoni wrote:
Hi Hannah, can you kindly help me with retrieving my dropbox folders that were deleted by someone loaning my laptop
You can do it yourself via https://help.dropbox.com/delete-restore/recover-deleted-files-folders as long as it was deleted within 30 days (assuming you are a free user).
- tatendamakoni2 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thanks Mark, unfortunately its been more than the 30 days 😞
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