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alesmana
New member | Level 2
7 months ago

I accidentally deleted some files from my computer and I can't restore them.

Hi, Apologies if this has been asked or discussed elsewhere in this forum. It appears that I have accidentally deleted some files from a folder on my PC, which is synced to Dropbox. If I ch...
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alesmana
New member | Level 2
7 months ago

almost forgot, I'm on the free plan, Dropbox Basic.

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Nancy
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7 months ago

Thanks for the extra info, alesmana! 

Are you sure that the files were deleted indeed and not moved to another location within your Dropbox account? In general, if a file is moved, this will also be reflected as a deletion from the original folder and an addition to the new one (at your Events page).

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