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ROBERT369
10 months agoNew member | Level 2
I've lost my Dropbox Paper documents, how can I get them back?
Hello. A few weeks ago I noticed that I lost all my Dropbox Paper documents. I have been using this application for years and I really like it. The documents contain important information for my work and it is a big problem for me. After a few days, some of the documents started to appear again, but it is only a small part. I can't find an official statement from Dropbox anywhere. I tried the usual procedures and those I found on the forums, but nothing helped. A small part of the documents came back, but the vast majority of them are gone. Can anyone please advise me or direct me? This is an unpaid service, I have not noticed any changes to the rules that could explain anything. Thank you
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- Jay10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi ROBERT369, thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Are you able to see the missing files on the events page or deleted files page?
This will help me to assist further!
- ROBERT36910 months agoNew member | Level 2
Hi Jay Jay, no i cant. I have been looking for various solutions and answers to the topic of missing data from dropbox paper. The whole paper application behaves strangely. After each reload, a different number of files is shown, sometimes 10, sometimes 3, sometimes 1.
- Megan10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey ROBERT369, let me jump in here!
When was the last time you viewed your Paper documents when visiting your account online?
Have you tried switching to a different browser to see if you notice the same thing there?
- ROBERT36910 months agoNew member | Level 2
Hi Megan.
Everything was in pristine condition in the first half of December. I found out about the change, or rather the fact that it completely disappeared, in the second half of January.
It is important to mention that I contacted several friends and partners who had the same problem. The documents disappeared. I also contacted clients to see if they could see the documents that I shared for them - they disappeared.
As I wrote before, each refresh of the page causes more or less documents to be loaded, but in reality only a small part of the original number is shown to me.
It is bad because I had projects scheduled for the next year, budgets, installments ... everything
- Megan10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey ROBERT369, can I send you an email, in order for us to have a closer look into this?
- Raf_310 months agoNew member | Level 1
MeganI have the same issue which I have just noticed. My Dropbox paper was fine this morning. now it is empty.
- Walter10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey Raf_3 - sorry to hear about this.
Can you navigate your account and let me know if you can find a folder called 'Migrated Paper Docs'?
Otherwise, do you see anything odd logged in your events page?
- ROBERT36910 months agoNew member | Level 2
sure lets do it!
- Hannah10 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey ROBERT369, just before we send you an email, can you check if there's a "Migrated Paper docs" folder in your "all files" page, to see if your Paper docs are there?
- ROBERT36910 months agoNew member | Level 2
Hi Hannah
No - nothing...
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