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Vivi70
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1 year ago
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I had a free Dropbox account and I tried to access it again but all the files I had disappeared.

Hello, I had a free Dropbox account and I tried to access it again but all the files I had has disappeared. How can I recover the files? When I try to contact staff from Dropbox, I'm asked to pay f...
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    Jay
    1 year ago

    Hi Vivi70, if the account wasn't accessed for more than a year, then it would've been deactivated due to inactivity.

     

    This means that it wouldn't be possible to recover the account or the files within. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful on this matter.

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Jay
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1 year ago

Hi Vivi70, if the account wasn't accessed for more than a year, then it would've been deactivated due to inactivity.

 

This means that it wouldn't be possible to recover the account or the files within. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful on this matter.

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Vivi70
New member | Level 2
1 year ago

thanks

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