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Unigirl
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2 days ago

I deleted my the Dropbox app and lost my Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders

Device Macbook Air  M1 2020 Operating System/Browser (if using the web) Sequoia 15.6.1 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) unknown (deleted app a long time ago. Question or Issue Yesterday ...
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Unigirl's avatar
Unigirl
New member | Level 2
2 days ago

Don't really know. Never even used Dropbox app on this computer. It must have been a setting that cloned over from old macbook. Have tried looking for backup or rewind functionality online, but only ever had a free version, so none of this appears available.

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Jay
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2 days ago

If you haven't used the Dropbox desktop application on this machine, then it's likely that nothing has been syncing to your account online. 

This would also mean that there is nothing to restore from the site, as no files were uploaded there.

Do you see any recent events or deleted files on your account?

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