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Mass deletion happened today - Says it was me, it wasn't - Need help please
I have dropbox for our team. We have (usually) group folders that I created and shared from the Content Manager page... Well, today I went to open an Excel file that I use most days and Excel said t...
So, I just found out as an admin I can delete a file "permanently". It would be a good thing to have known this was even possible - I guess I never tried to delete a file permanently before. It was news to everyone on our team.
Please DropBox - Why is "Dropbox Rewind" not always available? Crazy stuff!
I thought for sure we would recover our files because we are on a paid DropBox, you know, you have 180 days to get them back. Not the case for us, we have lost the lot.
Now for the task of compiling what data we have on other devices. We won't be solely trusting DropBox with our data from now on.
Lesson learned the hard way.
This same exact thing happened to me!! I am the owner of a folder, and had given access to another user. That user deleted their Dropbox account, and somehow ALL OF MY FILES went missing from that folder! What the heck. This is absolutely not okay. I can see the files in the events area, and "recently deleted", after scrolling down for literally 30 minutes, since each photo is listed as an "event".. but because it was more than 30 days ago (like 6 or 7 weeks ago), I cannot recover the files. This is so messed up! Because I was never informed in the first place from Dropbox, that these files were deleted. I am livid! If this doesn't get fixed, I plan to leave Dropbox and switch over to another platform. I absolutely cannot have this happen.
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi shajuniper, Iâm really sorry to hear this.
In general, if one of the shared folder members deletes their Dropbox account, this shouldnât affect the files in your shared folder, as also described here.
Is there any chance that the other user deleted these files manually, before deleting their own account?
- I just discovered the same! Iâm the account owner and found 100âs of files missing that I absolutely did delete. I donât see them listed in my deleted file to try to recover them. It is outside the 30 day window so I am hoping they can still be recovered somehow from Dropbox storage servers. I sent an email to support but since I donât have a restoration link I am unsure my email was submitted properly.
- Nancy
Hi bonn88!
Do you mind sharing with me the ticket number from your support request? Iâd like to take a look, as well.
Also, have you checked your Events page? Are you able to locate the deletion event there, and send its URL to our support?
Hello Nancy,
I didn't receive a ticket number. There were two messages that appeared-one at the bottom of the screen stating that my message was submitted and a second message in red stating I need to submit a correct url - which I was unsure of.
I am able to see lots of files in the events page you provided (thank you!).
I will send a url to support.
