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usernameisella
New member | Level 2
11 days ago

I deleted the Dropbox folder off my laptop, and now loads of files are gone

I was unaware that my laptop was set up to file sync with Dropbox, which had automatically set itself up to house my Desktop, Documents and Downloads folders. I didn't actively use Dropbox, and didn...
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Walter
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11 days ago

Hi usernameisella - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Can you please have a look at your events page and your backups page and let me know if you're able to find your missing files there?

Also, did you take a look at your computer's trash can at all? 

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

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