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julia3579
Explorer | Level 3
1 year ago
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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...
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  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    1 year ago

    Hey 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.

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tatendamakoni
New member | Level 2
1 year ago

Hi Hannah, can you kindly help me with retrieving my dropbox folders that were deleted by someone loaning my laptop

 

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    tatendamakoni
    New member | Level 2
    1 year ago

    Thanks Mark, unfortunately its been more than the 30 days 😞

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      1 year ago
      tatendamakoni wrote:

      Thanks Mark, unfortunately its been more than the 30 days 😞

      In which case it isnt recoverable I'm afraid - even if you pay to upgrade you cannot get it back now 😞 

       

      Sorry

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