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nawaf2
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

I deleted the Downloads folder from Dropbox and my Computer

I deleted the Downloads folder from Dropbox and unfortunately it deleted the Downloads folder from my computer

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    Walter
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    2 years ago

    Hey nawaf2 - sorry to hear about this.

     

    Is it possible that you had enabled the Dropbox Backup feature at some point before deleting your Downloads folder?

     

    Do you see the deletion in your events page by the way?

     

    Let us know more and we'll take it form there.

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